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.
SMALLAGE
Etymology
Noun
smallage (uncountable)
Celery in its wild uncultivated form.
Source: Wiktionary
Small"age, n. Etym: [Small + F. ache smallage. See Ach parsley.] (Bot.)
Definition: A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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