In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
bastnasite, bastnaesite
(noun) a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bastnasite (plural bastnasites)
Alternative form of bastnaesite.
Source: Wiktionary
12 February 2025
(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.