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.
PROCYON
Procyon, genus Procyon
(noun) the type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons
Procyon
(noun) the brightest star in Canis Minor
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Pro"cy*on, n. Etym: [L., a constellation which rises before the Dog Star, Gr.
1. (Astron.)
Definition: a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of mammals including the raccoon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUBDUCTION
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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