Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
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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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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