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.
DIORITE
diorite
(noun) a granular crystalline intrusive rock
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
diorite (countable and uncountable, plural diorites)
(rock) A grey intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase feldspar, biotite, hornblende and/or pyroxene.
Source: Wiktionary
Di"o*rite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. diorite. See Diorism.] (Min.)
Definition: An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was called greenstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
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