In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INDIGEN
native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal
(noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; “the art of the natives of the northwest coast”; “the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
indigen (plural indigens)
An indigene or native.
(botany) A plant known to be indigenous to a region, rather than a cultigen. [from 1918]
Antonym: cultigen
Source: Wiktionary
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SEX
(noun) all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses; “he wanted a better sex life”; “the film contained no sex or violence”
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