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.
OILNUTS
Noun
oilnuts
plural of oilnut
Anagrams
• lutinos, utilons
Source: Wiktionary
OILNUT
Oil"nut`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under Buffalo.
Note: The name is also applied to various nuts and seeds yielding oil, as the butternut, cocoanut, oil-palm nut.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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