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.
FRUTEX
Etymology
Noun
frutex (plural frutexes or frutices)
(botany) A plant with a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.
Source: Wiktionary
Fru"tex, n. Etym: [L.] (Bot.)
Definition: A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AIR
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