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.
SEPTIFEROUS
Etymology 1
Adjective
septiferous (not comparable)
(botany) Bearing a partition; said of the valves of a capsule.
Etymology 2
Adjective
septiferous (not comparable)
(obsolete) Conveying putrid poison.
Anagrams
• pestiferous
Source: Wiktionary
Sep*tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Septum + -ferous: cf. F. septifère.] (Bot.)
Definition: Bearing a partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule.
Sep*tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. -ferous.]
Definition: Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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