In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PHYLLOSILICATE
Etymology
Noun
phyllosilicate (usually uncountable, plural phyllosilicates)
(mineral) Any silicate mineral having a crystal structure of parallel sheets of silicate tetrahedra
Synonym: sheet silicate
Hypernyms
• silicate
Source: Wiktionary
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