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.
RAMSONS
Etymology
Noun
ramsons pl (plural only)
A wild relative of chives, Allium ursinum, having edible leaves and roots.
Synonyms
• (wild garlic): buckrams, wild garlic, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear garlic, bear's garlic
Anagrams
• Ransoms, Rosmans, Rossman, ransoms, sarmons
Source: Wiktionary
RAMSON
Ram"son, n. Etym: [AS. hramsan, pl., akin to G. rams, Sw. rams, ramslök; cf. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A broad-leaved species of garlic (Allium ursinum), common in European gardens; -- called also buckram.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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