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.
PURSLANE
purslane
(noun) a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
purslane (usually uncountable, plural purslanes)
A succulent plant of the Portulacaceae family.
the widely-grown edible plant common purslane or summer purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
moss-rose purslane, moss rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
winter purslane, miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
pink purslane (Claytonia sibirica)
sea purslane (Halimione portulacoides)
Synonyms
• (a succulent of the family Portulacaceae)
• (Portulaca oleracea): common purslane, garden purslane, little hogweed, pigweed, pusley, pussley, verdolaga
Anagrams
• supernal
Source: Wiktionary
Purs"lane, n. Etym: [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine (cf. It. porcellana), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca.] (Bot.)
Definition: An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling. Flowering purslane, or Great flowered purslane, the Portulaca grandiflora. See Portulaca.
– Purslane tree, a South African shrub (Portulacaria Afra) with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves.
– Sea purslane, a seashore plant (Arenaria peploides) with crowded opposite fleshy leaves.
– Water purslane, an aquatic plant (Ludwiqia palustris) but slightly resembling purslane.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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