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.
XENOBIOTIC
Etymology
Adjective
xenobiotic (comparative more xenobiotic, superlative most xenobiotic)
Of or pertaining to xenobiosis.
(biology) Relating to a substance foreign to the body or ecological system.
Noun
xenobiotic (plural xenobiotics)
(biology) Any foreign compound not produced by an organism's metabolism.
Source: Wiktionary
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