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.
SILVERSPOT
silverspot
(noun) butterfly with silver spots on the underside of the hind wings
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Sil"ver*spot`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”
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