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.
ZYMOGENIC
Etymology
Adjective
zymogenic (not comparable)
(biology) pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene
(biology) capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment
Source: Wiktionary
Zym`o*gen"ic, a. (Biol.) (a) Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene. (b) Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment. Zymogenic organism (Biol.), a microörganism, such as the yeast plant of the Bacterium lactis, which sets up certain fermentative processes by which definite chemical products are formed; -- distinguished from a pathogenic organism. Cf. Micrococcus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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