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.
BRACTEOLE
bracteole, bractlet
(noun) a small bract
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
bracteole (plural bracteoles)
(botany) A small leaf of leaf-like structure directly subtending a flower or inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract.
(botany) A bract subtending an individual flower rather than an inflorescence.
Source: Wiktionary
Brac"te*ole, n. Etym: [L. bracteola, dim. of bractea. See Bractea.] (Bot.)
Definition: Same as Bractlet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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