Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BLACKCAP
blackcap, Silvia atricapilla
(noun) small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blackcap (plural blackcaps)
A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown. [from 17th c.]
(obsolete, UK, US, regional) Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus). [17th–19th c.]
(cookery) An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard. [from 18th c.]
(North America) Whitebark raspberry (Rubus leucodermis). [from 19th c.]
Anagrams
• clap back, clapback
Source: Wiktionary
Black"cap`, n.
1. (Zoöl.) (a) A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale. (b) An American titmouse (Parus atricapillus); the chickadee.
2. (Cookery)
Definition: An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
3. The black raspberry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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