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.
DERACINATE
uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out
(verb) pull up by or as if by the roots; “uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden”
uproot, deracinate
(verb) move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; “The war uprooted many people”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
deracinate (third-person singular simple present deracinates, present participle deracinating, simple past and past participle deracinated)
To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location.
(transitive, intransitive) To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.
Anagrams
• ecardinate
Source: Wiktionary
De*rac"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deracinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deracinating.] Etym: [F. déraciner; pref. dé- (L. dis) + racine root, fr. an assumed LL. radicina, fr. L. radix, radicis, root.]
Definition: To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.] While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such savagery. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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