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.
SCANDENT
scandent
(adjective) used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; “plants of a creeping or scandent nature”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
scandent (not comparable)
(botany) Climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.
Source: Wiktionary
Scan"dent, a. Etym: [L. scandens, -entis, p.pr. of scandere to climb.]
Definition: Climbing.
Note: Scandent plants may climb either by twining, as the hop, or by twisted leafstalks, as the clematis, or by tendrils, as the passion flower, or by rootlets, as the ivy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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