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.
SACCHARUM
Saccharum, genus Saccharum
(noun) tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Sac"cha*rum, n. Etym: [NL. See Saccharine.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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