Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CRYPTOZOIC
Etymology
Proper noun
Cryptozoic
(archaic, geology) An eon or other time period before the Cambrian, when the fossils of hard-shelled animals first appeared in the geological record.
Synonyms
• Precambrian, Pre-Cambrian
Etymology
Adjective
cryptozoic (not comparable)
(zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.
Synonym: cryptic
(chiefly, soil science, of an organism) Hidden (especially in the soil); not easily visible.
(parasitology) Relating to a cryptozoite.
Source: Wiktionary
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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