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.
DROPWORT
Etymology
Noun
dropwort (plural dropworts)
A perennial herb, Filipendula vulgaris, closely related to meadowsweet.
Any plant of genus Oenanthe.
Any plant of genus Oxypolis.
Synonyms
• (Filipendula vulgaris): fern-leaf dropwort
Anagrams
• drop trow
Source: Wiktionary
Drop"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: An Old World species of Spiræa (S. filipendula), with finely cut leaves.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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