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.
SANDBUR
sandbur, sandspur, field sandbur, Cenchrus tribuloides
(noun) grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sandbur (plural sandburs)
Any of several grasses, of the genus Cenchrus, found in the south-eastern United States, that has a spiny burr
Anagrams
• Dunbars, dun-bars
Source: Wiktionary
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BREAK
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
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