In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VITELLI
VITELLUS
yolk, vitellus
(noun) nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
vitelli
plural of vitellus
Proper noun
Vitelli (plural Vitellis)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Vitelli is the 23725th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1067 individuals. Vitelli is most common among White (95.31%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
VITELLUS
Vi*tel"lus, n. Etym: [L., the yolk of an egg.]
1. (Biol.)
Definition: The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk. See Illust. of Ovum.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Perisperm in an early condition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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