Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BESPANGLED
Verb
bespangled
simple past tense and past participle of bespangle
Source: Wiktionary
BESPANGLE
Be*span"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bespangling.]
Definition: To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant or glittering. The grass . . . is all bespangled with dewdrops. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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