In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PICRATE
Etymology
Noun
picrate (plural picrates)
(chemistry) any salt or ester of picric acid
Anagrams
• Patrice, apteric, paretic, pie cart
Source: Wiktionary
Pi"crate, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A salt of picric acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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