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.
WARTWORT
Etymology
Noun
wartwort (countable and uncountable, plural wartworts)
Any of various plants, including Norther European species of spurge (Euphorbia) and the nipplewort (Lapsana communis), formerly believed to cure warts.
Synonyms
• wartweed
Source: Wiktionary
Wart"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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