Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CLEISTOGAMOUSLY
Etymology
Adverb
cleistogamously (not comparable)
In a cleistogamous fashion.
Source: Wiktionary
CLEISTOGAMOUS
Cleis`to*gam"ic, Cleis*tog"a*mous a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization. Darwin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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