Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
barbules
plural of barbule
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"bule, n. Etym: [L. barbula, fr. barba beard.]
1. A very minute barb or beard. Booth.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 June 2025
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.