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.
BIFARIOUS
Adjective
bifarious (not comparable)
twofold, double
ambiguous
(botany) In two rows (on opposite sides of a branch etc.)
Source: Wiktionary
Bi*fa"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. bifarius; bis twice + fari to speak. Cf. Gr.
1. Twofold; arranged in two rows.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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