In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COHUNES
Noun
cohunes
plural of cohune
Anagrams
• nouches, unchose
Source: Wiktionary
COHUNE
Co*hune", n., or Cohune palm . [Prob. fr. a native name in Honduras.]
Definition: A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm (Attalea cohune), the very large and hard nuts of which are turned to make fancy articles, and also yield an oil used as a substitute for coconut oil.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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