Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow
(noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; “the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation”; “a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped”--Hippocrates; “the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females”--Aristotle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
catamenia (uncountable)
The female period; menstrual discharge.
• See also menstruation.
Source: Wiktionary
Cat`a*me"nia, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.