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.
PANDANUS
pandanus, screw pine
(noun) any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves
pandanus
(noun) fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pandanus (plural pandanuses)
Any of various palm-like plants in the genus Pandanus.
Synonyms
• pandan, screw palm, screw pine
Source: Wiktionary
Pan*da"nus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Malay pandan.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of endogenous plants. See Screw pine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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