In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
verticillate, verticillated, whorled
(adjective) forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
verticillate (comparative more verticillate, superlative most verticillate)
(botany) Forming or having whorls
Source: Wiktionary
Ver*tic"il*late, Ver*tic"il*la`ted, a. Etym: [See Verticil.] (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Definition: Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.