In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DIOECIAN
dioecious, dioecian
(adjective) having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Di*oe"cian, Di*oe"cious, a. (Biol.)
Definition: Having the sexes in applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to monoecious.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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