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.
DURAMEN
heartwood, duramen
(noun) the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
duramen (uncountable)
(botany) heartwood
Anagrams
• Mundare, manured, maunder, unarmed, undream
Source: Wiktionary
Du*ra"men, n. Etym: [L., hardness, a hardened, i. e., ligneous, vine branch, fr. durare to harden. See Dure.] (Bot.)
Definition: The heartwood of an exogenous tree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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