In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ZYGOSPORES
Noun
zygospores
plural of zygospore
Source: Wiktionary
ZYGOSPORE
Zyg"o*spore, n. Etym: [Gr. spore.] (Bot.) (a) Same as Zygosperm. (b) A spore formed by the union of several zoöspores; -- called also zygozoöspore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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