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.
MONOSTICHOUS
Etymology
Adjective
monostichous (not comparable)
(botany) Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis.
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*nos"ti*chous, a. Etym: [See Monostich.] (Bot.)
Definition: Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as the flowers in grasses of the tribe Chloridæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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