In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
FOSSAE
FOSSA
fossa, fossa cat, Cryptoprocta ferox
(noun) largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
Fossa, genus Fossa
(noun) monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
pit, fossa
(noun) a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fossae
plural of fossa
Source: Wiktionary
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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