In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GLUMELLAS
Noun
glumellas
plural of glumella
Source: Wiktionary
GLUMELLA
Glu*mel"la, Glu"melle, n. Etym: [F. glumelle, dim. of glume.] (Bot.)
Definition: One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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