DESCENDIBLE

Etymology

Adjective

descendible (comparative more descendible, superlative most descendible)

(legal) Of property, able to pass by descent; inheritable by heirs.

Able to be physically descended.

Source: Wiktionary


De*scend"i*ble, a.

1. Admitting descent; capable of being descended.

2. That may descend from an ancestor to an heir. "A descendant estate." Sir W. Jones.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

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.

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