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.
PEZIZOID
Etymology
Adjective
pezizoid (comparative more pezizoid, superlative most pezizoid)
(botany) Resembling a fungus of the polyphyletic genus Peziza, having a cuplike form.
Source: Wiktionary
Pez"i*zoid, a. Etym: [Peziza + -oid.] (Bot.)
Definition: Resembling a fungus of the genus Peziza; having a cuplike form.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AMATORY
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