Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
ACCOUCHEMENT
childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth
(noun) the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
accouchement (countable and uncountable, plural accouchements)
Delivery in childbed; parturition
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*couche"ment (#; 277), n. Etym: [F., fr. accoucher to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. acouchier orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. ad + collocare to lay, put, place. See Collate.]
Definition: Delivery in childbed
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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