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.
EXPLANT
Etymology
Noun
explant (plural explants)
(biology) Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to initiate a culture. It can be a portion of the shoot, or of the leaves, or even just some cells.
Verb
explant (third-person singular simple present explants, present participle explanting, simple past and past participle explanted)
(medicine) To remove something, such as a medical device, that has been implanted.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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