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.
SIRIS
siris, siris tree, Albizia lebbeck, Albizzia lebbeck
(noun) large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
siris
Any tree of the genus Albizia.
Hyponyms: black siris, East Indian walnut, koko, lebbek, woman's tongue tree, white siris
Proper noun
Siris
plural of Siri
Source: Wiktionary
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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