In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CALLOSE
Noun
callose (countable and uncountable, plural calloses)
(carbohydrate) A plant polysaccharide comprising glucose residues linked together through β-1,3-linkages, produced chiefly in response to wounding and infection.
Adjective
callose (not comparable)
(botany) Having calli
Antonyms
• ecallose
Anagrams
• locales
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"lose, a. Etym: [See Callous.] (Bot.)
Definition: Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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