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.
PYRUS
Pyrus, genus Pyrus
(noun) fruit trees native to the Old World: pears
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Py"rus, n. Etym: [L. pyrus, or better pirus, pear tree.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for fruit. It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb, and mountain ash.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOUARI
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
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