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.
EPINASTY
Noun
epinasty (countable and uncountable, plural epinasties)
(botany) The downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
(botany) A nastic movement which bends a plant part (e.g. a petal) outward.
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ATROPHIED
(adjective) (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; “partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm”
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