In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ROSEBAY
rosebay, Rhododendron maxima
(noun) late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
rosebay (countable and uncountable, plural rosebays)
oleander
rosebay willowherb
Source: Wiktionary
Rose"bay`, n. (Bot.) (a) the oleander. [Obs.] (b) Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron. [U.S.] (c) An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; -- called also great willow herb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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