In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ONOPORDUM
Onopordum, genus Onopordum, Onopordon, genus Onopordon
(noun) a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers
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FRUMP
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