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.
MEALYBUG
mealybug, mealy bug
(noun) scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mealybug (plural mealybugs)
Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, which secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees.
Source: Wiktionary
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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