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.
VICARIANT
Etymology
Adjective
vicariant (not comparable)
Of, relating to, or as a result of vicariance
Noun
vicariant (plural vicariants)
Any of a set of species, in separate geographical locations, that have arisen through vicariance
Anagrams
• Arvanitic
Source: Wiktionary
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ONCHOCERCIASIS
(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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