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.
AESTIVAL
aestival, estival
(adjective) (rare) of or occurring in summer; “the sky was a burnished aestival blue”; “estival winds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
aestival (comparative more aestival, superlative most aestival)
Alternative spelling of estival
Anagrams
• availest, salivate
Source: Wiktionary
Æs"ti*val, a. Etym: [L. aestivalis, aestivus, fr. aestas summer.]
Definition: Of or belonging to the summer; as, æstival diseases. [Spelt also estival.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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