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.
AUBURN
auburn
(adjective) (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; “auburn hair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Auburn
A female given name
A surname.
Any of several towns or cities in the United States.
A sizable city in Lee County, Alabama.
A city, the county seat of Placer County, California.
An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
A city in Barrow County and Gwinnett County, Georgia.
A city in Sangamon County, Illinois.
A city, the county seat of DeKalb County, Indiana.
A city in Sac County, Iowa.
A city in Shawnee County, Kansas.
A home rule city in Logan County, Kentucky.
A city, the county seat of Androscoggin County, Maine.
A sizable town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
A city in Bay County, Michigan.
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri.
A city, the county seat of Nemaha County, Nebraska.
A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
An unincorporated community in Salem County, New Jersey.
A city, the county seat of Cayuga County, New York.
An unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina.
A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Walsh County, North Dakota.
A ghost town in Baker County, Oregon.
A borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
An urban neighborhood in Cranston, Rhode Island.
An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Texas.
A sizable city in King County and Pierce County, Washington.
A town in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
(informal) Auburn University.
Etymology
Noun
auburn (countable and uncountable, plural auburns)
A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.
Adjective
auburn (comparative more auburn, superlative most auburn)
Of a reddish-brown colour.
Synonyms
• cupreous
Source: Wiktionary
Au"burn, a. Etym: [OE. auburne blonde, OF. alborne, auborne, fr. LL. alburnus whitish, fr. L. albus white. Cf. Alburn.]
1. Flaxen-colored. [Obs.] Florio.
2. Reddish brown. His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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