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.
KINNIKINIC
Noun
kinnikinic (usually uncountable, plural kinnikinics)
Alternative form of kinnikinnick (mixture which is smoked).
Alternative form of kinnikinnick (any of the plants used in this mixture).
Source: Wiktionary
Kin`ni*ki*nic", n. Etym: [Indian, literally, a mixture.]
Definition: Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry (Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi). [Spelled also kinnickinnick and killikinick.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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