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.
PHOSPHORITIC
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Adjective
phosphoritic (comparative more phosphoritic, superlative most phosphoritic)
(mineralogy) Pertaining to phosphorite; resembling, or of the nature of, phosphorite.
Source: Wiktionary
Phos`phor*it"ic, a. (Min.)
Definition: Pertaining to phosphorite; resembling, or of the nature of, phosphorite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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