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.
TURBITH
Etymology
Noun
turbith (uncountable)
A type of purgative drug made from the root of a type of morning glory plant (Operculina turpethum); or the plant itself.
turbith, agarick, mirabolanes, hermodactils from the East Indies, tobacco from the West […].
Source: Wiktionary
Tur"bith, n. Etym: [F., fr. Per. See Turpeth.]
Definition: See Turpeth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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