In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ALPINIA
Alpinia, genus Alpinia, genus Zerumbet, genus Languas
(noun) perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes
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IMMOBILIZATION
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
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