In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ARBUSCLE
Etymology
Noun
arbuscle (plural arbuscles)
(botany) A plant midway in height between a shrub and a tree; a dwarf tree.
(mycology) A branched hypha in some fungi.
(mycology) The site at which a symbiotic fungus attaches to the roots of a plant and exchanges nutrients, etc, with it.
(zoology) A clump of feather-like cilia (hairlike structures).
Anagrams
• cursable, scabrule
Source: Wiktionary
Ar"bus*cle, n. Etym: [L. arbuscula small tree, shrub, dim. of arbor tree.]
Definition: A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub. Bradley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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