Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ACIDOPHIL
acidophil, acidophile
(noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
acidophil (plural acidophils)
(immunology) An eosinophil; a white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body.
One of the endocrine acidophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including somatotrophs and lactotrophs.
Synonyms
• (endocrine acidophilic cell of the adenohypophysis): alpha cell
Anagrams
• haploidic
Source: Wiktionary
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SUNLIT
(adjective) lighted by sunlight; “the sunlit slopes of the canyon”; “violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges”- Wallace Stegner
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