In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
HALOPHILE
halophile, halophil
(noun) archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
halophile (plural halophiles)
(biology) An organism that lives and thrives in an environment of high salinity, often requiring such an environment; a form of extremophile
Source: Wiktionary
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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