In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TIGERWOOD
Etymology
Noun
tigerwood (uncountable)
A South American tree also known as goncalo alves, producing a hardwood, with contrasting stripes, Astronium graveolens, Astronium fraxinifolium and possibly other related species.
Lovoa trichilioides, an African tree.
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ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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