In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CYCAD
cycad
(noun) any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cycad (plural cycads)
(botany) Any plant of the division Cycadophyta, having a stout and woody trunk with a crown of large, hard and stiff, evergreen leaves.
Source: Wiktionary
Cy"cad (s"kd), n. (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of the natural order Cycadeceæ, as the sago palm, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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