In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MILKWORT
milkwort
(noun) any of various plants of the genus Polygala
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
milkwort (countable and uncountable, plural milkworts)
Any of more than 500 species of flowering plants of the genus Polygala that are used as a food source by the larvae of some members of the Lepidoptera order.
Source: Wiktionary
Milk"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common European P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses.
Note: The species of Campanula, or bellflower, are sometimes called milkwort, from their juice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
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