Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
AALII
aalii
(noun) a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aalii (plural aaliis)
A bushy small tree, Dodonaea viscosa, native to Hawaii, Australia, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky leaves and dark wood.
Synonyms
• akeake (New Zealand)
Source: Wiktionary
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BOORISH
(adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; “was boorish and insensitive”; “the loutish manners of a bully”; “her stupid oafish husband”; “aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude”
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