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.
UNDERWOOD
underbrush, undergrowth, underwood
(noun) the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
underwood (countable and uncountable, plural underwoods)
Underbrush, undergrowth.
Etymology
Noun
Underwood (plural Underwoods)
A typewriter made by the Underwood Typewriter Company.
Proper noun
Underwood
A surname.
A village in Nottinghamshire, England.
A city in Iowa.
A city and town in Minnesota.
A city in North Dakota.
Source: Wiktionary
Un"der*wood`, n.
Definition: Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice; underbrush; -- formerly used in the plural. Shrubs and underwoods look well enough while they grow within the shade of oaks and cedars. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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