In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LEUCADENDRON
Leucadendron, genus Leucadendron
(noun) large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Leu`ca*den"dron, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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