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.
PERCURRENT
Etymology
Adjective
percurrent (not comparable)
(botany) Running through the entire length; running through from top to bottom, as the midrib of a dicotyledonous leaf, the nerve of a moss-leas, or a grass-palet, etc.
Anagrams
• precurrent
Source: Wiktionary
Per*cur"rent, a. Etym: [L. percurrens, p.pr. of percurrere to run through; per through + currere to run.]
Definition: Running through the entire length.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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