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.
VERATRUMS
Noun
veratrums
plural of veratrum
Source: Wiktionary
VERATRUM
Ve*ra"trum, n. Etym: [L. veratrum hellebore.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of coarse liliaceous herbs having very poisonous qualities.
Note: Veratrum album of Europe, and Veratrum viride of America, are both called hellebore. They grow in wet land, have large, elliptical, plicate leaves in three vertical ranks, and bear panicles of greenish flowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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