In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
kowhai, Sophora tetraptera
(noun) shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
kowhai (plural kowhais)
Any of several small woody legume trees in the genus Sophora native to New Zealand that have yellow flowers. The national flower of New Zealand.
Source: Wiktionary
21 December 2024
(noun) a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.