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.
GERMINATIVE
Etymology
Adjective
germinative (comparative more germinative, superlative most germinative)
Of or pertaining to germination
Having the ability to germinate
Source: Wiktionary
Ger"mi*na*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. germinatif.]
Definition: Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop. Germinative spot, Germinative vesicle. (Biol.) Same as Germinal spot, Germinal vesicle, under Germinal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
11 January 2025
COWBERRY
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
Coffee Trivia
