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.
ORACHE
orach, orache
(noun) any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
orache (plural oraches)
Alternative spelling of orach
Anagrams
• HORECA, HoReCa, Horace, Roache, archeo-, chorea, ochrea
Source: Wiktionary
Or"ach, Or"ache, n. Etym: [F. arroche, corrupted fr. L. atriplex, Gr. Arrach.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface. Garden orache, a plant (Atriplex hortensis), often used as a pot herb; -- also called mountain spinach.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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