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.
DICENTRA
Dicentra, genus Dicentra
(noun) North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and irregular flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
dicentra (plural dicentras)
(botany) Any of the plant genus Dicentra.
Anagrams
• crinated
Source: Wiktionary
Di*cen"tra, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis). [Corruptly written dielytra.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNMARRIED
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