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.
PAPPOUS
Adjective
pappous (comparative more pappous, superlative most pappous)
(botany) pappose
Source: Wiktionary
Pap"pous, a. (Bot.)
Definition: Pappose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”
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