In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FUNICULI
FUNICULUS
funiculus
(noun) any of several body structure resembling a cord
funicle, funiculus
(noun) the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
funiculi
plural of funiculus
Source: Wiktionary
FUNICULUS
Fu*nic"u*lus, n.; pl. Funiculi. Etym: [L., a little cord. See Funicle.]
1. (Anat.) A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white matter in the brain and spinal cord.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion. (b) In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. See Bryozoa, and Phylactolema.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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