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.
VERTICIL
verticil
(noun) a whorl of leaves growing around a stem
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
verticil (plural verticils)
(chiefly, botany) A whorl, a group of similar parts such as leaves radiating from a shared axis
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"ti*cil, n. Etym: [L. verticillus, dim. of vertex a whirl: cf. F. verticille. See Vertex.] (Bot.)
Definition: A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl. [Written also verticel.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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