Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
ABSTERSIVES
Noun
abstersives
plural of abstersive
Source: Wiktionary
ABSTERSIVE
Ab*ster"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. abstersif. See Absterge.]
Definition: Cleansing; purging. Bacon.
Ab*ster"sive, n.
Definition: Something cleansing. The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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