In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
AUXOTROPHIC
Adjective
auxotrophic (comparative more auxotrophic, superlative most auxotrophic)
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
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GUILLOTINE
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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