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.
ERICOID
Etymology
Adjective
ericoid (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Erica.
Of plant leaves, small, often leathery, usually needle-like or scale-like, non-deciduous, and generally adapted to poor soils and arid conditions, such as in fynbos and maquis.
Of plant habit, having ericoid leaves, slender, scrubby and woody, like many Erica species.
Source: Wiktionary
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(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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