Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DIABASES
Noun
diabases
plural of diabase
Source: Wiktionary
DIABASE
Di"a*base, n. Etym: [F. diabase, fr. Gr. (Min.)
Definition: A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks pretertiary in age. It includes part of what was early called greenstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
15 May 2024
INCURRING
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
Coffee Trivia
