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.
SUPRABRANCHIAL
Su`pra*bran"chi*al, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Situated above the branchiæ; -- applied especially to the upper division of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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