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.
CONVOLVULI
CONVOLVULUS
convolvulus
(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
convolvuli
plural of convolvulus
Source: Wiktionary
CONVOLVULUS
Con*vol"vu*lus, n.; pl. L.Convolvuli, E. Convoluluses. Etym: [L., bindweed, fr. convolvere to roll around. So named from its twining stems.] (Bot.)
Definition: A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (C. arwensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipomæa. The luster of the long convolvuluses That coiled around the stately stems. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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