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.
STREPTOTHRICIN
streptothricin
(noun) a basic antibiotic derived from a soil actinomycete
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
streptothricin (countable and uncountable, plural streptothricins)
Any of various antimicrobial agents produced by Streptomyces bacteria.
Source: Wiktionary
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7 January 2025
UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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