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.
CROWBERRY
crowberry
(noun) a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crowberry (plural crowberries)
Empetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit.
Empetrum nigrum; a species of crowberry.
A fruit of this plant.
Source: Wiktionary
Crow`ber`ry (kr"br`r), n. (Bot.)
Definition: A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, a black, scarcely edible berry; -- also called crakeberry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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