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.
AUTOECISM
Etymology
Noun
autoecism (uncountable)
(ecology, of a parasite or dependent organism) The fact of completing an entire life cycle on a single host species.
(botany, of a plant) The fact of having male and female reproductive organs on the same individual plant.
Coordinate terms
• (biology): heterĹ“cism/heteroecism
Source: Wiktionary
Au*to"cism, n.
Definition: Quality of being autocious.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GLASSY
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
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