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.
NYSSACEAE
Nyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo family
(noun) a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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WHOLE
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
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