SOWBANE

sowbane, red goosefoot, Chenopodium hybridum

(noun) herb considered fatal to swine

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Sow"bane`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal to swine.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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11 June 2025

LIGHT

(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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