In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HYPANTHIA
HYPANTHIUM
hypanthium, floral cup, calyx tube
(noun) the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
hypanthia
plural of hypanthium
Source: Wiktionary
HYPANTHIUM
Hy*pan"thi*um, n.; pl. L. Hypanthia, E. Hypanthiums. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the alycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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