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