Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BASISPHENOID
Ba`si*sphe"noid, Ba`si*sphe*noid"al, a. Etym: [Basi- + spheroid.] (Anat.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.
Ba`si*sphe"noid, n. (Anat.)
Definition: The basisphenoid bone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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