In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SOREDIUM
Etymology
Noun
soredium (plural soredia)
(lichenology) A common scalelike reproductive structure in lichens consisting of algal cells enveloped in a network of hyphae.
Anagrams
• Mourides, dimerous, erodiums
Source: Wiktionary
So*re"di*um, n.; pl. Soredia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of lichens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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