In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SABADILLA
Etymology
Noun
sabadilla (plural sabadillas)
A Mexican and Central American plant of the lily family (Schoenocaulon officinale).
The seeds of this plant, used in medicine and insecticides.
Source: Wiktionary
Sab`a*dil"la, n. Etym: [Sp. cebadilla.] (Bot.)
Definition: A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schænocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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