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.
CORTADERIA
Cortaderia, genus Cortaderia
(noun) tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass
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(adverb) in a searching manner; “‘Are you really happy with him,’ asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly”
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