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.
MONUREID
Mon*u"re*id, n. Etym: [Mon- + ureid.] (Chem.)
Definition: Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as derived from one molecule of urea; as, alloxan is a monureid. [Written also monureide.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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