In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
XYLANS
Noun
xylans
plural of xylan
Source: Wiktionary
XYLAN
Xy"lan, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A gummy substance of the pentosan class, present in woody tissue, and yielding xylose on hydrolysis; wood gum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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