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.
EXTRATROPICAL
Etymology
Adjective
extratropical (not comparable)
Occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes.
(meteorology) Lacking or having lost tropical characteristics.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex`tra*trop"ic*al, a.
Definition: Beyond or outside of the tropics. Whewell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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