Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
FECULA
fecula
(noun) excreta (especially of insects)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fecula (countable and uncountable, plural feculas or feculae)
Starchy sediment extracted from plants, especially those which are used as food.
Anagrams
• Cefalu, Cefalù
Source: Wiktionary
Fec"u*la, n.; pl. FeculÆ Etym: [L.fae burnt tartar or salt of tartar, dim. of faex, faecis, sediment, dregs: cf. F. fécule.]
Definition: Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence. Especially: (a) The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called also amylaceous fecula. (b) The green matter of plants; chlorophyll.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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