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.
ARCHEGONIUM
archegonium
(noun) a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
archegonium (plural archegonia)
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
Antonyms
• (reproductive structure): antheridium
Coordinate terms
• antheridium, oogonium
Source: Wiktionary
Ar`che*go"ni*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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