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.
PENTACHENIUM
Pen`ta*che"ni*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Penta-, and Achenium.] (Bot.)
Definition: A dry fruit composed of five carpels, which are covered by an epigynous calyx and separate at maturity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SQUARE
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
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