In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Vinca, genus Vinca
(noun) periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vinca (plural vincas)
Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle
• Cavin, cavin
Source: Wiktionary
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.