In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PINASTERS
Noun
pinasters
plural of pinaster
Anagrams
• antipress, paintress, pristanes, star pines
Source: Wiktionary
PINASTER
Pi*nas"ter, n. Etym: [L., fr. pinus a pine.] (Bot.)
Definition: A species of pine (Pinus Pinaster) growing in Southern Europe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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