In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ACONITES
Noun
aconites
plural of aconite
Anagrams
• Atencios, acetoins, canoeist, casitone, inactose, sonicate
Source: Wiktionary
ACONITE
Ac"o*nite, n. Etym: [L. aconitum, Gr. aconit.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.
2. An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally. Winter aconite, a plant (Eranthis hyemalis) allied to the aconites.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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