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.
ZIMOCCA
Noun
zimocca (plural zimoccas)
The marine sponge Spongia zimocca.
Source: Wiktionary
Zi*moc"ca, n.
Definition: A sponge (Euspongia zimocca) of flat form and fine quality, from the Adriatic, about the Greek islands, and the coast of Barbary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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