In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BUGBANE
bugbane
(noun) a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bugbane (plural bugbanes)
Actaea spp. (baneberry).
Trautvetteria spp.
Source: Wiktionary
Bug"bane`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceæ and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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