Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
costus (plural costuses)
A perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus (family Costaceae).
Saussurea costus, a composite growing on the Himalayas in the vicinity of Kashmir, or its root.
• SCOTUS, Scouts, custos, scouts
Source: Wiktionary
17 April 2025
(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.