In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ANCHUSA
anchusa
(noun) any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
anchusa (plural anchusas)
(botany) Any plant of the genus Anchusa (within family Boraginaceae) of rough and hairy Old World herbs with one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.
Source: Wiktionary
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ACERVULUS
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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