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.
DEUTZIA
deutzia
(noun) any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name, after Johann van der Deutz, 18th-century Dutch patron of botany.
Noun
deutzia (plural deutzias)
Any of a group of cultivated shrubs, of the genus Deutzia, having white or pink flowers
Source: Wiktionary
Deut"zi*a, n. Etym: [NL. Named after Jan Deutz of Holland.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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