In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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UTRICULARIA
U*tric`u*la"ri*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium,
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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