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.
TEOSINTE
Etymology
Noun
teosinte (countable and uncountable, plural teosintes)
Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Zea diploperennis
Zea perennis
Zea luxurians
Zea nicaraguensis
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Source: Wiktionary
Te`o*sin"te, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A large grass (Euchlæna luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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