In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
POLYANTHUSES
Noun
polyanthuses
plural of polyanthus
Source: Wiktionary
POLYANTHUS
Pol`y*an"thus, n.; pl. Polyanthuses. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. [Written also polyanthos.] (Bot.) (a) The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Tazetta, or N. polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of Narcissus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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