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.
RETEM
retem, raetam, juniper bush, juniper, Retama raetam, Genista raetam
(noun) desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
retem (uncountable)
A shrub with white flowers; the juniper of the Old Testament.
Anagrams
• -meter, -metre, -treme, Emert, meter, metre, remet
Source: Wiktionary
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STACCATO
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”
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