Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
ACCRESCENCE
Etymology
Noun
accrescence (countable and uncountable, plural accrescences)
(rare) Continuous growth; an accretion.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cres"cence, n. Etym: [LL. accrescentia.]
Definition: Continuous growth; an accretion. [R.] The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding; “a good grip on French history”; “they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities”; “he was in the grip of a powerful emotion”; “a terrible power had her in its grasp”
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