Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
COELIA
Coe"li*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Definition: A cavity.
Note: The word is applied to the ventricles of the brain, the different venticles being indicated by prefixes like those characterizing the parts of the brain in which the cavities are found; as, epicoelia, mesocoelia, metacoelia, procoelia, etc. B. G. Wilder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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