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.
ZOSTERA
Zostera, genus Zostera
(noun) (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Zos"te*ra, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of plants of the Naiadaceæ, or Pondweed family. Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and eelgrass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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