In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ZELKOVA
Etymology
Noun
zelkova (plural zelkovas)
A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova).
Synonyms
• Caucasian elm
• Japanese elm
• keaki, keyaki, kiaki
Source: Wiktionary
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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