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.
FORAMINIFERA
Foraminifera, order Foraminifera
(noun) foraminifers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
foraminifera (plural foraminiferas or foraminifera)
Any of a large group of amoeboid protists, of the order Foraminifera, that are mostly marine.
Source: Wiktionary
Fo*ram`i*nif"e*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. foramen, -aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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