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.
SILVAS
Sil"vas or Sel"vas, n. pl. Etym: [L. silva a forest, Sp. selva.]
Definition: Vast woodland plains of South America.
SILVA
Sil"va, n.; pl. E. Silvas, L. Silvae (. Etym: [L., properly, a wood, forest.] [Written also sylva.] (Bot.) (a) The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively. (b) A description or history of the forest trees of a country.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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