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.
DORONICUM
Doronicum, genus Doronicum
(noun) genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs: leopard’s bane
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
doronicum (plural doronicums)
Any of several plants of the genus Doronicum, including some called leopardsbane.
Source: Wiktionary
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
21 April 2025
ENCYCLOPEDIA
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
Coffee Trivia
