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.
CHLAMYDIA
chlamydia
(noun) coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract
chlamydia
(noun) a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chlamydia (countable and uncountable, plural chlamydias or chlamydiae)
(uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis.
(countable) Any of various coccoid microorganisms of the genus Chlamydia that are pathogenic to humans and other animals.
Source: Wiktionary
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