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.
BRASSIA
Brassia, genus Brassia
(noun) genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids
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CURE
(verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability; “cure resin”; “cure cement”; “cure soap”
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