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.
RUBUS
Rubus, genus Rubus
(noun) large genus of brambles bearing berries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
rubus (plural rubuses)
(botany) Any of the genus Rubus of flowering plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.
Source: Wiktionary
Ru"bus, n. Etym: [L.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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