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.
STREKELIA
Strekelia, genus Strekelia
(noun) a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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