Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DEBEL
Etymology
Verb
debel (third-person singular simple present debels, present participle debelling, simple past and past participle debelled)
(obsolete, transitive) To conquer.
Anagrams
• Lebed, bedel, bleed
Source: Wiktionary
De*bel", v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. débeller. See Debellate.]
Definition: To conquer. [Obs.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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