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.
PASPALUM
dallisgrass, dallis grass, paspalum, Paspalum dilatatum
(noun) tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
paspalum (plural paspalums)
Any member of the genus Paspalum of tall perennial grasses, the bahiagrasses or Dallis grass.
Source: Wiktionary
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19 April 2025
CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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