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.
EXSERTED
Verb
exserted
simple past tense and past participle of exsert
Adjective
exserted (comparative more exserted, superlative most exserted)
(botany) protruding, projecting
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*sert", Ex*sert"ed, a. Etym: [L. exsertus, p.p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See Exert.]
Definition: Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens. A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. D. H. Barnes.
EXSERT
Ex*sert", Ex*sert"ed, a. Etym: [L. exsertus, p.p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See Exert.]
Definition: Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens. A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. D. H. Barnes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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