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.
DENUDATE
bald, denuded, denudate
(adjective) without the natural or usual covering; “a bald spot on the lawn”; “bare hills”
denude, bare, denudate, strip
(verb) lay bare; “denude a forest”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
denudate (third-person singular simple present denudates, present participle denudating, simple past and past participle denudated)
(obsolete, rare) To denude.
Source: Wiktionary
De*nud"ate, v. t. Etym: [L. denudatus, p. p. of denudare. See Denude.]
Definition: To denude. [Obs. or R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
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