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.
SYNEZESIS
synizesis, synezesis
(noun) the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis
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(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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