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.
UNDERSOIL
subsoil, undersoil
(noun) the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
undersoil (plural undersoils)
(geology) The soil underneath the surface / topsoil and above the bedrock.
Anagrams
• underoils
Source: Wiktionary
Un"der*soil`, n.
Definition: The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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