In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
REGROWTH
Etymology
Noun
regrowth (usually uncountable, plural regrowths)
That which has been regrown after removal.
The process of regrowing.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*growth" (r*grth"), n.
Definition: The act of regrowing; a second or new growth. Darwin. The regrowth of limbs which had been cut off. A. B. Buckley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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