Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
EPIGEAL
Etymology
Adjective
epigeal (not comparable)
(biology) Living near the surface of the ground
(botany, of a cotyledon) Emerging above the surface of the ground after being germinated
Coordinate terms
• hypogeal
Source: Wiktionary
Ep`i*ge"al, a. (Bot.)
Definition: Epigæous. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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