In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TETRADYNAMOUS
Adjective
tetradynamous (not comparable)
(botany) Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than the others.
Source: Wiktionary
Tet`ra*dy*na"mi*an, Tet`ra*dyn"a*mous, a. (Bot.)
Definition: Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than the others.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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