Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BENUMBMENT
Etymology
Noun
benumbment (usually uncountable, plural benumbments)
The act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*numb"ment, n.
Definition: Act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor. Kirby.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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