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.
MUELLERIAN
MĂĽl*le"ri*an, a. (Anat.)
Definition: Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes MĂĽller. MĂĽllerian ducts (Anat.), a pair of embryonic ducts which give rise to the genital passages in the female, but disappear in the male.
– MĂĽllerian fibers (Anat.), the sustentacular or connective-tissue fibers which form the framework of the retina.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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