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.
ENDOSTYLE
Etymology
Noun
endostyle (plural endostyles)
(zoology) A longitudinal ciliated groove on the ventral wall of the pharynx which produces mucus to gather food particles, found in urochordates and cephalochordates and in the larvae of lampreys.
Source: Wiktionary
En"do*style, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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