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.
PLASMOLYSE
Verb
plasmolyse (third-person singular simple present plasmolyses, present participle plasmolysing, simple past and past participle plasmolysed)
To cause or undergo plasmolysis.
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18 October 2024
GRIEVOUS
(adjective) causing or marked by grief or anguish; “a grievous loss”; “a grievous cry”; “her sigh was heartbreaking”; “the heartrending words of Rabin’s granddaughter”
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