In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HALESIA
Halesia, genus Halesia
(noun) deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ha*le"si*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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