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.
TOPSOIL
topsoil, surface soil
(noun) the layer of soil on the surface
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
topsoil (countable and uncountable, plural topsoils)
The most fertile soil, easiest to start new plants in.
Anagrams
• Politos, oil spot, poloist
Source: Wiktionary
Top"soil`, n.
Definition: The upper layer of soil; surface soil.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GREAT
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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