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.
FIBROCARTILAGES
Noun
fibrocartilages
plural of fibrocartilage
Source: Wiktionary
FIBROCARTILAGE
Fi`bro*car"ti*lage, n. Etym: [L. fibra a fiber + E. cartilage.] (Anat.)
Definition: A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure.
– Fi`bro*car`ti*lag"i*nous, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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