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.
QUICKBEAM
Etymology
Noun
quickbeam (plural quickbeams)
(botany) The European rowan tree.
Synonyms
• quicken
Hypernyms
• beam
• tree
Source: Wiktionary
Quick"beam`, n. Etym: [A. S. cwicbeám.]
Definition: See Quicken tree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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