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.
SQUAWROOT
Etymology
Noun
squawroot (plural squawroots)
Either of two unrelated plants from eastern North America
Conopholis americana which is parasitic on the roots of other trees.
Trillium erectum, that has foul-smelling, yellow to purple flowers.
Source: Wiktionary
Squaw"root`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States; -- called also cancer root.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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