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.
PIGNUT
pignut, pignut hickory, brown hickory, black hickory, Carya glabra
(noun) an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pignut (plural pignuts)
The edible tuber of Conopodium majus, native to western Europe.
(US) Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut.
Simmondsia chinensis, jojoba.
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Source: Wiktionary
Pig"nut, n. (Bot.) (a) See Groundnut (d). (b) The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (Carya glabra, or porcina); also, the tree itself.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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