In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DEVILWOODS
Noun
devilwoods
plural of devilwood
Source: Wiktionary
DEVILWOOD
Dev"il*wood`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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