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.
PONDWEEDS
Noun
pondweeds
plural of pondweed
Source: Wiktionary
PONDWEED
Pond"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, of which many species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers. Choke pondweed, an American water weed (Anarcharis, or Elodea, Canadensis.) See Anacharis.
– Horned pondweed, the Zannichellia palustris, a slender, branching aquatic plant, having pointed nutlets.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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