In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ANANAS
pineapple, ananas
(noun) large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
Ananas, genus Ananas
(noun) a genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ananas (plural ananases or ananasses)
(obsolete) Pineapple.
(obsolete) Bromelia pinguin, a plant with edible fruit.
Source: Wiktionary
A*na"nas, n. Etym: [Sp. ananas, from the native American name.] (Bot.)
Definition: The pineapple (Ananassa sativa).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
27 May 2025
DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Coffee Trivia
