In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CRENATURE
scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle
(noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
crenature (plural crenatures)
(botany) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; a crenelle.
The state of being crenated or notched.
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Source: Wiktionary
Cren"a*ture (krn"-tr or kr"n-; 135), n.
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle.
2. The state of being crenated or notched.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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