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.
HAWKSBEARD
Etymology
Noun
hawksbeard (plural hawksbeards)
Any of various annual and perennial flowering plants of the genus Crepis, superficially resembling the dandelion.
Any of several plants of the genus Youngia (Asteraceae), of Asia.
Source: Wiktionary
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SOAK
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
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