Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
INULA
inula
(noun) any plant of the genus Inula
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
inula (countable and uncountable, plural inulas)
Any of several plants of the genus Inula, such as elecampane.
The dried root of such a plant used as a stimulant.
Anagrams
• uinal
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