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.
ALDOL
aldol, aldehyde-alcohol
(noun) an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aldol (plural aldols)
(organic chemistry) Any aldehyde or ketone having a hydroxy group in the beta- position
Anagrams
• allod, do-all
Source: Wiktionary
Al"dol, n. [Aldehyde + -ol as in alcohol.] (Chem.)
Definition: A colorless liquid, C4H8O2, obtained by condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde: CH3CHO + CH3CHO = H3CH(OH)CH2CO; also, any of various derivatives of this. The same reaction has been applied, under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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