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.
COARSEN
coarsen
(verb) make less subtle or refined; “coarsen one’s ideals”
coarsen
(verb) make or become coarse or coarser; “coarsen the surface”; “Their minds coarsened”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
coarsen (third-person singular simple present coarsens, present participle coarsening, simple past and past participle coarsened)
(transitive) To make (more) coarse.
(intransitive) To become (more) coarse.
Anagrams
• Carones, Creason, Croesan, canoers, carnose, corneas, earcons, narcose, sea corn, seacorn, sorance
Source: Wiktionary
Coars"en, v. t.
Definition: To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character. [R.] Graham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOUARI
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
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