In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PETIOLULES
Noun
petiolules
plural of petiolule
Source: Wiktionary
PETIOLULE
Pet"i*o*lule, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pétiolule.] (Bot.)
Definition: A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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