Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
ferulas
plural of ferula
• Laufers, earfuls, earsful, fur seal, refusal, salufer
Source: Wiktionary
Fer"u*la, n. Etym: [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule.]
1. A ferule. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 June 2024
(adjective) characterized by or indicating poverty; “the country had a poor economy”; “they lived in the poor section of town”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.