In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ECHINATE
Etymology
Adjective
echinate (comparative more echinate, superlative most echinate)
prickly; bristly
Noun
echinate (plural echinates)
(botany) A bristly grain or pollen
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• Hecatine
Source: Wiktionary
Ech"i*nate, Ech"i*na`ted, a. Etym: [L. echinatus. See Echinus.]
Definition: Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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