Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
COTTONWEED
cottonweed
(noun) any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cottonweed (countable and uncountable, plural cottonweeds)
Any of several unrelated plants that have downy heads
especially such plants of the genus Froelichia.
Source: Wiktionary
Cot"ton*weed` (-wd`), n. (Bot.)
Definition: See Cudweed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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