Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CICALA
cicada, cicala
(noun) stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cicala (plural cicalas)
A cicada.
Anagrams
• Alcaic, calcia
Source: Wiktionary
Ci*ca"la, n. Etym: [It., fr. L. cicada.]
Definition: A cicada. See Cicada. "At eve a dry cicala sung." Tennison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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