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.
TULE
Etymology
Noun
tule (plural tules)
(US) Any of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as Schoenoplectus
A type of chinook salmon which spawns in the Columbia River basin
Synonyms
• (sedge): common tule, hardstem tule, tule rush, hardstem bulrush, viscid bulrush
Anagrams
• Lute, Tuel, lute, tuel
Source: Wiktionary
Tu"le, n. Etym: [Mex.] (Bot.)
Definition: A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and S. Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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