In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INTERBRED
interbred
(adjective) bred of closely related parents
INTERBREED
crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed
(verb) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; “cross a horse and a donkey”; “Mendel tried crossbreeding”; “these species do not interbreed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
interbred
simple past tense and past participle of interbreed
Source: Wiktionary
INTERBREED
In`ter*breed", v. t. & i.
Definition: To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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