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.
EUROPIUM
europium, Eu, atomic number
(noun) a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
europium (uncountable)
A metallic chemical element (symbol Eu) with an atomic number of 63.
Source: Wiktionary
Eu*ro"pi*um, n. [NL.; Europe + -ium, as in aluminium.] (Chem.)
Definition: A metallic element of the rare-earth group, discovered spectroscopically by Demarcay in 1896. Symbol, Eu; at. wt., 152.0.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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