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.
EMETINE
Etymology
Noun
emetine (uncountable)
(chemistry) A white crystalline bitter alkaloid, chemical formula C29H40N2O4, extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.
Source: Wiktionary
Em"e*tine (; 104), n. Etym: [See Emetic.] (Chem.)
Definition: A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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