Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DACES
Noun
daces
plural of dace
Anagrams
• cades, cased, ecads
Source: Wiktionary
DACE
Dace, n. Etym: [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase, dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an OF. nom. darz. See Dart a javelin.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare.
Note: In America the name is given to several related fishes of the genera Squalius, Minnilus, etc. The black-nosed dace is Rhinichthys atronasus the horned dace is Semotilus corporalis. For red dace, see Redfin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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