In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MONERAN
moneran
(adjective) of or relating to the Monera
moneran, moneron
(noun) organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
moneran (plural monerans or monera)
(zoology) Any organism of the former kingdom of Monera.
Anagrams
• nanomer, nonamer
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*ne"ran, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Monera.
– n.
Definition: One of the Monera.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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