In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HETEROGONY
Etymology
Noun
heterogony (usually uncountable, plural heterogonies)
(botany) The condition of having two or more kinds of flower, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils.
Source: Wiktionary
Het`er*og"o*ny, n. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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