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.
YULAN
Etymology
Noun
yulan (plural yulans)
Magnolia denudata, a species of magnolia with large white blossoms that open before the leaves.
Anagrams
• nyula, unlay
Source: Wiktionary
Yu"lan, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A species of Magnolia (M. conspicua) with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under Magnolia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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