Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
ELAEIS
Elaeis, genus Elaeis
(noun) oil palms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
E*læ"is, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of palms.
Note: Elæis Guineensis, the African oil palm, is a tree twenty or thirty feet high, with immense pinnate leaves and large masses of fruit. The berries are rather larger than olives, and when boiled in water yield the orange-red palm oil.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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