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.
ATTAR
attar, atar, athar, ottar
(noun) essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Attar (plural Attars)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Attar is the 28158th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 850 individuals. Attar is most common among White (80.35%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Tatar, Tatra
Etymology
Noun
attar (countable and uncountable, plural attars)
An essential oil extracted from flowers.
A perfume made from this oil.
Anagrams
• Tatar, Tatra
Source: Wiktionary
At"tar, n. Etym: [Per. 'atar perfume, essence, Ar. 'itr, fr. 'atara to smell sweet. Cf. Otto.]
Definition: A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses. [Also written otto and ottar.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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