In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
KAVA
kava, kavakava
(noun) an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
kava (countable and uncountable, plural kavas)
A plant from the South Pacific, Piper methysticum.
An intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.
Source: Wiktionary
Ka"va, n. Etym: [Polynesian.] (Bot.)
Definition: A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself. [Written also kawa, kava, and ava.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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