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.
PRUNER
pruner, pruning hook, lopper
(noun) a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees
pruner, trimmer
(noun) a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs; “untouched by the pruner’s axe”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pruner (plural pruners)
A person who prunes, or a tool used in pruning.
Any of several unrelated beetles whose larvae attack the branches of trees.
Anagrams
• prerun
Source: Wiktionary
Prun"er, n.
1. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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