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.
SPHENE
Etymology
Noun
sphene (countable and uncountable, plural sphenes)
(mineral) titanite
Anagrams
• phenes, sephen
Source: Wiktionary
Sphene, n. Etym: [F. sphène, fr. Gr. (Min.)
Definition: A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and calcium; titanite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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