In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NEROL
Etymology
Noun
nerol (countable and uncountable, plural nerols)
(organic compound) The monoterpene alcohol (Z)-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol, found in many essential oils.
Usage notes
• Nerol is an isomer of geraniol. (Nerol is the Z-isomer or cis-isomer, geraniol the E-isomer or trans-isomer. See )
Anagrams
• Elron, Loren, Rolen, enrol, loner
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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