Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
BETAS
Noun
betas
plural of beta
Verb
betas
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beta
Anagrams
• Bates, Beast, Sebat, abets, baste, bates, beast, beats, besat, esbat, tabes
Source: Wiktionary
BETA
Be"ta, n. [Gr. bh a.]
Definition: The second letter of the Greek alphabet, B, b. See B, and cf. etymology of Alphabet. Beta (B, b) is used variously for classifying, as: (a) (Astron.) To designate some bright star, usually the second brightest, of a constellation, as, b Aurigæ. (b) (Chem.) To distinguish one of two or more isomers; also, to indicate the position of substituting atoms or groups in certain compounds; as, b-naphthol. With acids, it commonly indicates that the substituent is in union with the carbon atom next to that to which the carboxyl group is attached.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRITICAL
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