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.
MARASCA
marasca, marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca
(noun) Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur
marasca
(noun) small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
marasca (plural marascas)
A European cultivar of the wild cherry, Prunus cerasus, that bears bright red fruit used for making maraschino.
Anagrams
• Camaras, Mascara, maracas, mascara
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