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.
ASSOCIATIVE
associative, associatory
(adjective) characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; “associative learning”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
associative (comparative more associative, superlative most associative)
Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
(algebra, of a binary operator ) Such that, for any operands and , ; (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.
(computing) Addressable by a key more complex than an integer index.
Antonyms
• antiassociative
Hyponyms
• left-associative
• right-associative
Source: Wiktionary
As*so"ci*a*tive, a.
Definition: Having the quality of associating; tending or leading to association; as, the associative faculty. Hugh Miller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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