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.
SOLENOSTOMI
So`le*nos"to*mi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANTHOZOAN
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
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