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.
PASSIFLORA
Passiflora, genus Passiflora
(noun) type genus of the Passifloraceae
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
passiflora (plural passifloras)
(botany) Any of the genus Passiflora of passionflowers.
Source: Wiktionary
Pas"si*flo"ra, n. Etym: [NL., from L. passio passion (fr. pati, passus, to suffer) + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passifloreæ, which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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