In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LODICULE
Noun
lodicule (plural lodicules)
(botany) A small scale at the base of the ovary of a flower of a grass
Source: Wiktionary
Lod"i*cule, n. Etym: [L. lodicula. dim, of lodix, lodicis, a coverlet: cf. F. lodicule.] (Bot.)
Definition: One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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