In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SOFTWOOD
softwood, deal
(noun) wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
softwood (countable and uncountable, plural softwoods)
(countable, mostly, botany) The wood from any conifer (or from Ginkgo), without regard to how soft this wood is.
(countable, in more general use) Wood of this kind but limited to those that are commercial timbers.
(countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields this wood.
(uncountable) Any commercial timber.
Source: Wiktionary
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