In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ALKANNIN
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Noun
alkannin (countable and uncountable, plural alkannins)
A natural dye and naphthoquinone derivative obtained from the borage plant Alkanna tinctoria, used as a food colouring and in cosmetics.
Source: Wiktionary
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