Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DOLERITE
Etymology
Noun
dolerite (countable and uncountable, plural dolerites)
(geology) A fine-grained basaltic rock
Synonyms
• diabase
Anagrams
• eleotrid, loitered
Source: Wiktionary
Dol"er*ite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Geol. & Min.)
Definition: A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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