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.
CARNOSE
Adjective
carnose (comparative more carnose, superlative most carnose)
fleshy; carnous
(botany) of a fleshy consistency; applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.
Anagrams
• Carones, Creason, Croesan, canoers, coarsen, corneas, earcons, narcose, sea corn, seacorn, sorance
Source: Wiktionary
Car*nose, Car"*nous, a. Etym: [L. carnosus, fr. caro, carnis, flesh: cf. OF. carneux, F. charneux.]
1. Of a pertaining to flesh; fleshy. A distinct carnose muscle. Ray.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Of a fleshy consistence; -- applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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