In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
crotalarias
plural of crotalaria
Source: Wiktionary
Crot`a*la"ri*a (krt`-l"r- or kr`t-l"r-A), n. Etym: [NL. See Crotalum.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.
Note: Crotalaria juncea furnishes the fiber called sunn or Bombay hemp.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 March 2024
(adjective) crowded or massed together; “give me...your huddled masses”; “the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.