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.
BLASTULA
blastula, blastosphere
(noun) early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blastula (plural blastulas or blastulae)
(embryology) An early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid; a blastosphere.
Source: Wiktionary
Blas"tu*la, n. Etym: [NL., dim. of Gr. a sprout.] (Biol.)
Definition: That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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