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.
PARSLEY
parsley
(noun) aromatic herb with flat or crinkly leaves that are cut finely and used to garnish food
parsley, Petroselinum crispum
(noun) annual or perennial herb with aromatic leaves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Parsley (plural Parsleys)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Parsley is the 5508th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6315 individuals. Parsley is most common among White (91.58%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Players, parleys, players, prelays, replays, sparely
Etymology
Noun
parsley (usually uncountable, plural parsleys)
(countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.
(uncountable) The leaves of this plant used in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking.
Anagrams
• Players, parleys, players, prelays, replays, sparely
Source: Wiktionary
Pars"ley, n. Etym: [OE. persely, persil, F. persil, L. petroselinum rock parsley, Gr. Celery.] (Bot.)
Definition: An aromatic umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), having finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish. As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a rabbit. Shak. Fool's parsley. See under Fool.
– Hedge parsley, Milk parsley, Stone parsley, names given to various weeds of similar appearance to the parsley.
– Parsley fern (Bot.), a small fern with leaves resembling parsley (Cryptogramme crispa).
– Parsley piert (Bot.), a small herb (Alchemilla arvensis) formerly used as a remedy for calculus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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