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.
DICRANACEAE
Dicranaceae, family Dicranaceae
(noun) mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
Coffee Trivia
