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.
BUBOES
BUBO
Bubo, genus Bubo
(noun) a genus of Strigidae
bubo
(noun) a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
buboes
plural of bubo
Source: Wiktionary
BUBO
Bu"bo, n.; pl. Buboes (. Etym: [LL. bubo the groin, a swelling in the groin, Gr. (Med.)
Definition: An inflammation, with enlargement, of a limphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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