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.
FISTULATE
fistular, fistulate, fistulous
(adjective) hollow and tube-shaped like a reed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
fistulate (third-person singular simple present fistulates, present participle fistulating, simple past and past participle fistulated)
(obsolete, ambitransitive) To make or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.
Adjective
fistulate (not comparable)
Hollowed like a fistula.
Anagrams
• faultiest
Source: Wiktionary
Fis"tu*late, v. t. & i. Etym: [Cf. L. fistulatus furnished with pipes.]
Definition: To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe. [Obs.] "A fistulated ulcer." Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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