In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ZOSTERA
Zostera, genus Zostera
(noun) (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Zos"te*ra, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of plants of the Naiadaceæ, or Pondweed family. Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and eelgrass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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