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.
VIVARIUM
vivarium
(noun) an indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vivarium (plural vivariums or vivaria)
A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals.
Source: Wiktionary
Vi*va"ri*um, n.; pl. E. Vivariums, L. Vivaria. Etym: [L., fr. vivarius belonging to living creatures, fr. vivus alive, living. See Vivid.]
Definition: A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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