Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
esplanade
(noun) a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore
Source: WordNet® 3.1
esplanade (plural esplanades)
A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.
The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.
A grass plat; a lawn.
Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; especially, a terrace by the seaside.
• (public walk): promenade
• Delapenas
Source: Wiktionary
Es`pla*nade", n. Etym: [F. esplanade, Sp. esplanada, explanada, cf. It. spianata; fr. Sp. explanar to level, L. explanare to flatten or spread out. See Explain.]
1. (Fort.) (a) A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town. Campbell (Mil. Dict. ). (b) The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.
2. (Hort.)
Definition: A grass plat; a lawn. Simmonds.
3. Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; esp., a terrace by the seaside.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 May 2024
(noun) bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.