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.
TREELIKE
arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped
(adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure; “arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda”; “dendriform sponges”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
treelike (comparative more treelike, superlative most treelike)
Having some characteristics of a tree; resembling or similar to a tree.
Anagrams
• elkerite
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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