Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CEPACEOUS
Etymology
Adjective
cepaceous (comparative more cepaceous, superlative most cepaceous)
Resembling or characteristic of an onion.
Source: Wiktionary
Ce*pa"ceous, a. [L. cepa, caepa, onion.]
Definition: Of the nature of an onion, as in odor; alliaceous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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