Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BERRETTA
biretta, berretta, birretta
(noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
berretta (plural berrettas)
Archaic form of biretta.
Anagrams
• Barrette, barrette, batterer
Source: Wiktionary
Ber*ret"ta, n. Etym: [It., fr. LL. birrettum, berretum, a cap, dim. of L. birrus, birrum, a cloak to keep off rain, cf. Gr. tawny, red: cf. Sp. birreta, Pg. barrete, and E. Barret.]
Definition: A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green. [Also spelt beretta, biretta, etc.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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