Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be āsatanic.ā However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TORMENTIL
Etymology
Noun
tormentil (plural tormentils)
A low-growing herb (Potentilla erecta, syn. Potentilla tormentilla).
Synonyms
• shepherd's knot
Anagrams
• intermolt
Source: Wiktionary
Tor"men*til, n. Etym: [F. tormentille; cf. Pr., It., & NL. tormentilla, Sp. tormentila; all fr. L. tormentum pain. So called because it is said to allay pain. See Torment.] (Bot.)
Definition: A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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