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.
EFFLORESCENCES
Noun
efflorescences
plural of efflorescence
Source: Wiktionary
EFFLORESCENCE
Ef`flo*res"cence, n. Etym: [F. efflorescence.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.
3. (Chem.) (a) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc. (b) The powder or crust thus formed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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