Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CICATRICLE
Etymology
Noun
cicatricle (plural cicatricles)
(biology) The germinating point in the embryo of a seed.
(biology) The point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.
Source: Wiktionary
Cic"a*tri`cle, n. Etym: [Cf. F. cicatricule, fr. L. cicatricula a small scar, fr. cicatrix a scar.] (Biol.)
Definition: The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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