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.
SQUAMA
squama
(noun) a protective structure resembling a scale
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
squama (plural squamae or squamas)
(medicine) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
(botany) The bract of a deciduous spike.
(botany) Any scaly bracted leaf.
(entomology) calypter
Source: Wiktionary
Squa"ma, n.; pl. Squamæ. Etym: [L. a scale.] (Med.)
Definition: A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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