Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
COLICROOTS
Noun
colicroots
plural of colicroot
Source: Wiktionary
COLICROOT
Col"ic*root`, n.
Definition: A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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