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.
WOLFBERRY
Etymology
Noun
wolfberry (plural wolfberries)
Any of flowering species of the genus Lycium.
Synonyms: boxthorn, matrimony vine, desert thorn
Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
Synonyms: Chinese matrimony vine, Chinese wolfberry
The berry of this plant.
Synonyms: goji, goji berry
Source: Wiktionary
Wolf"ber`ry, n. (Bot.)
Definition: An American shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears soft white berries.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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