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.
SUMPWEED
Etymology
Noun
sumpweed (countable and uncountable, plural sumpweeds)
Iva annua, annual marsh elder, a North American herbaceous annual plant in the sunflower family.
Any plant of genus Chorisiva
Synonyms
• (Iva annua): pelocote, rough marsh elder
Source: Wiktionary
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