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.
PYRACANTHA
Pyracantha, pyracanth, fire thorn, firethorn
(noun) any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
pyracantha (plural pyracanthas)
A firethorn, any of the genus Pyracantha of thorny evergreen large shrubs.
Synonyms: firethorn, pyracanthus
Source: Wiktionary
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