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.
OLM
olm, Proteus anguinus
(noun) European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
olm (plural olms)
Proteus anguinus, a cave-dwelling neotenous salamander with external gills, found along the coast from northeastern Italy to Montenegro.
Anagrams
• LMO, Lom, OML, mol, mol.
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