In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GYNOSTEGIUM
gynostegium
(noun) the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias
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PLANTAIN
(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally
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