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.
DIGENESIS
metagenesis, digenesis
(noun) alternation of sexual and asexual generations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
digenesis (countable and uncountable, plural digeneses)
(biology) The alternation of sexual and asexual methods of reproduction.
Synonyms
• metagenesis
Source: Wiktionary
Di*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Pref. di- + genesis.] (Biol.)
Definition: The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RESTITUTION
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
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