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.
MORACEOUS
moraceous
(adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Moraceae
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
moraceous (not comparable)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the mulberry plants in the family Moraceae.
Source: Wiktionary
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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