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.
SAHUARO
saguaro, sahuaro, Carnegiea gigantea
(noun) extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
sahuaro (plural sahuaros)
Alternative spelling of saguaro
Source: Wiktionary
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