In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
PEDICLE
pedicel, pedicle
(noun) a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pedicle (plural pedicles)
(zoology) A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
(zoology) The attachment point for antlers in cervids.
A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue
pedicel (any sense)
peduncle (any sense)
(surgery) Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.
A fetter for the foot.
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Source: Wiktionary
Ped"i*cle, n. Etym: [L. pediculus a little foot, dim. of pes foot: cf. F. pédicule. See edal, and cf. Pedicel.]
Definition: Same as Pedicel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUBDUCTION
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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