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.
POLYCARPIC
Etymology
Adjective
polycarpic (not comparable)
(botany) Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year.
(botany) Having several carpels in one flower.
Source: Wiktionary
Pol`y*car"pic, Pol`y*car"pous, a. Etym: [Poly- + Gr. (Bot.) (a) Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year. (b) Having several pistils in one flower.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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