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.
ASCOSPORE
ascospore
(noun) sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ascospore (plural ascospores)
(biology) A sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus
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Source: Wiktionary
As"co*spore, n. Etym: [Ascus + spore.] (Bot.)
Definition: One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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