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.
MATICO
Noun
matico (uncountable)
A Peruvian plant (Piper aduncum) allied to the pepper, whose leaves are used as a styptic and astringent.
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• -o-matic, atomic
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*ti"co, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A Peruvian plant (Piper, or Artanthe, elongatum), allied to the pepper, the leaves of which are used as a styptic and astringent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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