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.
BLASTEMA
blastema
(noun) a mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blastema (plural blastemas or blastemata)
(physiology) A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.
Anagrams
• labmates, lambaste
Source: Wiktionary
Blas*te"ma, n.; pl. Blastemata. Etym: [Gr. bud, sprout.] (Biol.)
Definition: The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FOOTING
(noun) status with respect to the relations between people or groups; “on good terms with her in-laws”; “on a friendly footing”
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