In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WAXMALLOW
waxmallow, wax mallow, sleeping hibiscus
(noun) any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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POPULATED
(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; “the area is well populated”; “forests populated with all kinds of wild life”
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