In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MULTISERIAL
Etymology
Adjective
multiserial (not comparable)
(zoology, botany) Arranged in multiple rows
Coordinate terms
• pauciserial
• uniserial
Source: Wiktionary
Mul`ti*se"ri*al, a. Etym: [Multi- + serial.] (Bot.)
Definition: Arranged in many rows, or series, as the scales of a pine cone, or the leaves of the houseleek.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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