Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
APHTHA
Etymology
Noun
aphtha (countable and uncountable, plural aphthae)
(pathology) candidiasis, oral thrush, thrush (fungal infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth caused by any species of yeast from the genus Candida)
An oral ulcer, disregarding the cause.
(veterinary medicine) foot-and-mouth disease
Source: Wiktionary
Aph"tha, n. Etym: [Sing. of Aphthæ.] (Med.) (a) One of the whitish specks called aphthæ. (b) The disease, also called thrush.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISKETTE
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