Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BABOOLS
Noun
babools
plural of babool
Source: Wiktionary
BABOOL
Ba*bul", Ba*bool", n. [See Bablah.] (Bot.)
Definition: Any one of several species of Acacia, esp. A. Arabica, which yelds a gum used as a substitute for true gum arabic.
In place of Putney's golden gorse The sickly babul blooms. Kipling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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