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.
HOLOBLASTIC
Etymology
Adjective
holoblastic (comparative more holoblastic, superlative most holoblastic)
(biology, of an egg) Cleaving, and separating into separate blastomeres.
Source: Wiktionary
Hol`o*blas"tic, a. (Biol.)
Definition: Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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