In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SENEGA
senega, Polygala alba
(noun) perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot
senega
(noun) dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
senega (uncountable)
(medicine) Seneca root
Anagrams
• Eagens, sagene
Source: Wiktionary
Sen"e*ga, n. (Med.)
Definition: Seneca root.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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