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.
FIMBRIATES
Verb
fimbriates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fimbriate
Anagrams
• simfibrate
Source: Wiktionary
FIMBRIATE
Fim*bri*ate, a. Etym: [L. fimbriatus fibrous, fringed, fr. fimbria fiber, fringe. See Fringe.]
Definition: Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube.
Fim"bri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fimbriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fimbriating.]
Definition: To hem; to fringe. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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