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.
EPIGEAL
Etymology
Adjective
epigeal (not comparable)
(biology) Living near the surface of the ground
(botany, of a cotyledon) Emerging above the surface of the ground after being germinated
Coordinate terms
• hypogeal
Source: Wiktionary
Ep`i*ge"al, a. (Bot.)
Definition: Epigæous. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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