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.
AVOSET
Noun
avoset (plural avosets)
Alternative form of avocet
Coordinate terms
• (bird): Recurvirostra americana
Source: Wiktionary
Av"o*cet, Av"o*set, n. Etym: [F. avocette: cf. It. avosetta, Sp. avoceta.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana. [Written also avocette.]
Av"o*set, n.
Definition: Same as Avocet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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