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.
EXOGENS
Noun
exogens
plural of exogen
Source: Wiktionary
EXOGEN
Ex"o*gen, n. Etym: [Exo- + -gen: cf. F. exogène.] (Bot.)
Definition: A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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