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.
BARBADOS
Barbados
(noun) easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela
Barbados
(noun) a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Bar*ba"dos or Bar*ba"does, n.
Definition: A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry.
– Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates.
– Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See Physic nut.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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