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.
ARABINOSE
Etymology
Noun
arabinose (plural arabinoses)
(carbohydrate) An aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin.
Source: Wiktionary
Ar"a*bin*ose`, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AGITATION
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
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