In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PAPILLAE
PAPILLA
papilla
(noun) a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather
papilla
(noun) a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell; “the papillae of the tongue”
papilla
(noun) (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
papillae
plural of papilla
Source: Wiktionary
PAPILLA
Pa*pil"la, n.; pl. Papillæ. Etym: [L., a nipple, pimple.]
Definition: Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillæ of the tongue.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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