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.
MONOPHYLLOUS
Etymology
Adjective
monophyllous (not comparable)
(botany) Having a single leaf, or a leaf consisting of only one piece.
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*noph"yl*lous, a. Etym: [Gr. monophylle.] (Bot.)
Definition: One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a monophyllous involucre or calyx.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SCHNORR
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
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