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.
SAPOTE
sapote, mammee, marmalade plum
(noun) brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sapote (plural sapotes)
The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
Sapotaceae species
Manilkara zapota, sapodilla, naseberry, native to Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, and possibly El Salvador.
Pouteria campechiana, yellow sapote, native to Mexico and Central America.
Pouteria sapota, mamey sapote, from southern Mexico to northern South America.
Pouteria viridis, green sapote, native to lowland southern Mexico.
Ebenaceae species
Diospyros digyna, black sapote, from eastern Mexico south to Colombia.
Diospyros texana, chapote, is native to the lower Rio Grande valley region in Texas and Mexico.
Rutaceae species
Casimiroa edulis, white sapote, native to northern and central Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Anagrams
• postea
Source: Wiktionary
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