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.
PARNASSIA
parnassia, grass-of-Parnassus
(noun) any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Par*nas"si*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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