Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness
(noun) the quality of yielding nothing of value
aridity, aridness, thirstiness
(noun) a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aridity (countable and uncountable, plural aridities)
A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.
Source: Wiktionary
A*rid"i*ty, n.; pl. Aridities. Etym: [L. ariditas, fr. aridus.]
1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.
2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. Norris.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.