In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
muscardine (countable and uncountable, plural muscardines)
(countable, uncountable) A fungal disease, caused by Beauveria bassiana and other species, that affects silkworms, their bodies becoming white and covered with spores.
(countable) A dormouse.
Source: Wiktionary
Mus`car*dine", n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2024
(noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.