Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CANKEROUS
cankerous, ulcerated, ulcerous
(adjective) having an ulcer or canker
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
cankerous (comparative more cankerous, superlative most cankerous)
Infected with canker; ulcerous.
Causing canker; ulcerating.
Source: Wiktionary
Can"ker*ous, a.
Definition: Affecting like a canker. "Canrerous shackles." Thomson. Misdeem it not a cankerous change. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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