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.
POSTCAVA
Etymology
Noun
postcava (plural postcavae)
(anatomy) The inferior vena cava.
Source: Wiktionary
Post"ca`va, n.; pl. Postcavæ . Etym: [NL. See Post-, and Cave, n.] (Anat.)
Definition: The inferior vena cava.
– Post"ca`val, a. B. G. Wilder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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