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.
WARATAH
waratah, Telopea Oreades
(noun) tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes
waratah, Telopea speciosissima
(noun) straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
waratah (plural waratahs)
Any of several species of plants in the genus Telopea, native to southeastern Australia.
A Y-shaped steel fencing post or stake.
Source: Wiktionary
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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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