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.
LACEBARKS
Noun
lacebarks
plural of lacebark
Source: Wiktionary
LACEBARK
Lace"-bark`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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