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.
CROSSBRED
crossbred
(adjective) bred from parents of different varieties or species
CROSSBREED
crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed
(verb) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; “cross a horse and a donkey”; “Mendel tried crossbreeding”; “these species do not interbreed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
crossbred
Produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.
Synonyms
• (Produced from two breeds, varieties or species): mixed-blood
Verb
crossbred
simple past tense and past participle of crossbreed
Noun
crossbred (plural crossbreds)
Any organism produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties, or species.
Source: Wiktionary
Cross"bred` (-brd`), a. (Stock Breeding)
Definition: Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.
CROSSBREED
Cross"breed` (-brd`), n.
1. A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualites of two parent varieties or stocks.
2. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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