Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
AMIDOGEN
Etymology
Noun
amidogen (plural amidogens)
(inorganic compound, dated) The amino radical, •NH2, the neutral form of the amide ion −NH2−, regardable as the ammonia molecule with one of its hydrogen atoms removed.
Synonyms: amido group, amido radical, amino radical, aminyl radical, azanyl radical, dihydridonitrogen.
Source: Wiktionary
A*mid"o*gen, n. Etym: [Amide + -gen.] (Chem.)
Definition: A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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