In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CANISTEL
canistel, eggfruit
(noun) ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies
canistel, canistel tree, Pouteria campechiana nervosa
(noun) tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
canistel (plural canistels)
A tropical tree, Pouteria campechiana, from Central America and the Caribbean, that bears a sweet oval fruit.
The fruit of this tree, having a musky odour.
Anagrams
• incastle, lensatic
Source: Wiktionary
Word of the Day
4 February 2025
DISKETTE
(noun) a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; “floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price”
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