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.
EPACRIS
epacris
(noun) any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
epacris (plural epacris or epacrises)
(botany) Any of the genus Epacris of shrubs.
Anagrams
• ice spar, icespar, raspice, scrapie, spacier
Source: Wiktionary
Ep"a*cris, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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