In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
gleba
(noun) fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gleba (plural glebae)
(mycology) The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.
• Gable, Gebal, bagel, gabel, gable, galbe
Source: Wiktionary
Gle"ba, n.; pl. Glebæ (#). [L., a clod.] (Bot.)
Definition: The chambered sporogenous tissue forming the central mass of the sporophore in puff balls, stinkhorns, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.