Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BOOJUM
Etymology
Noun
boojum (countable and uncountable, plural boojums)
(physics) A geometric pattern sometimes observed on the surface of superfluid helium-3.
(countable) A species of tree (Fouquieria columnaris) native to Baja California, Mexico.
Source: Wiktionary
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22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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