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.
DELIQUESCENT
deliquescent
(adjective) (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
deliquescent (comparative more deliquescent, superlative most deliquescent)
Seeming to melt away.
Synonyms: melting, disappearing
(chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
(botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
(mycology, of the fruiting body of a fungus) Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.
Source: Wiktionary
Del`i*ques"cent, a. Etym: [L. deliquescens, -entis, p. pr. of deliquescere: cf. F. déliquescent.]
1. Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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