Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
EXTORSIVE
Etymology
Adjective
extorsive (comparative more extorsive, superlative most extorsive)
Serving or tending to extort.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*tor"sive, a. Etym: [See Extort.]
Definition: Serving or tending to extort. [R.] Johnson.
– Ex*tor"sive*ly, adv. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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