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.
PHALLI
PHALLUS
penis, phallus, member
(noun) the male sex organ (‘member’ is a euphemism)
Phallus, genus Phallus
(noun) genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
phalli
plural of phallus
Source: Wiktionary
PHALLUS
Phal"lus, n.; pl. Phalli (. Etym: [L., a phallus (in sense 1), Gr.
1. The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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