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.
AGAMIC
agamic, agamous, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic
(adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
agamic (not comparable)
Occurring without the union of male and female gametes; asexual
Source: Wiktionary
A*gam"ic, a. Etym: [Agamous.] (a) (Biol.) Produced without sexual union; as, agamic or unfertilized eggs. (b) Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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