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.
POLYPOD
Etymology
Adjective
polypod (comparative more polypod, superlative most polypod)
(zoology) Having many feet.
Of or pertaining to the Polypodiales ferns.
Noun
polypod (plural polypods)
(zoology) An animal with many feet
(botany) Any fern of the family Polypodiaceae
Source: Wiktionary
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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