In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ARECOLINE
Etymology
Noun
arecoline (countable and uncountable, plural arecolines)
(organic compound) An alkaloid natural product found in the areca nut, the fruit of the areca palm (Areca catechu).
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Source: Wiktionary
A*re"co*line, A*re"co*lin, n. [From NL. Areca, a genus of palms bearing betel nut.]
Definition: An oily liquid substance, C8H13O2N, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the latter owes its anthelmintic action.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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