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.
SANICLE
sanicle, snakeroot
(noun) a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sanicle (plural sanicles)
(botany) Any of several plants, of the genus Sanicula, having palmate compound leaves and small flowers arranged in umbels; the snakeroot.
Anagrams
• Celsian, Lanišće, Selnica, anciles, celsian, inlaces, scaleni, secalin
Source: Wiktionary
San"i*cle, n. Etym: [F., from L. sanare to heal.] (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sanicula, reputed to have healing powers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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