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.
MANNITIC
Etymology
Adjective
mannitic (not comparable)
(chemistry) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from mannite.
Source: Wiktionary
Man*nit"ic, a. (Chem.)
Definition: Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, mannite. Mannitic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous substance, intermediate between saccharic acid and mannite, and obtained by the partial oxidation of the latter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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