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.
ASTILBE
astilbe
(noun) any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
astilbe (plural astilbes)
A species, subspecies, cultivar, or specimen of the genus Astilbe.
Anagrams
• Stabile, ableist, albites, bastile, bestial, libates, stabile
Source: Wiktionary
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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