Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CROTTLES
Etymology
Gaelic.
Noun
crottles pl (plural only)
(Scotland) Various lichens gathered for dyeing.
Anagrams
• Corletts, clotters, cottrels
Source: Wiktionary
Crot"tles (krt"t'lz), n. pl. Etym: [Gael. crotal.]
Definition: A name given to various lichens gathered for dyeing. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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