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.
LIGNICOLOUS
Adjective
lignicolous (not comparable)
(biology) That lives in dead wood, leaves, or sticks, or organic debris
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