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.
CERNUOUS
cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping
(adjective) having branches or flower heads that bend downward; “nodding daffodils”; “the pendulous branches of a weeping willow”; “lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
cernuous (not comparable)
(botany) Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; said of a bud, flower, or fruit, or the capsule of a moss.
Anagrams
• coenurus
Source: Wiktionary
Cer"nu*ous, a. Etym: [L. cernuus with the face turned toward the earth.] (Bot.)
Definition: Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; -- said of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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