In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VERTICILLATED
verticillate, verticillated, whorled
(adjective) forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
verticillated (not comparable)
Alternative form of verticillate
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
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