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.
ROSINWEEDS
Noun
rosinweeds
plural of rosinweed
Source: Wiktionary
ROSINWEED
Ros"in*weed`, n. (Bot.) (a) The compass plant. See under Compass. (b) A name given in California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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