Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
GALINGALES
Noun
galingales
plural of galingale
Source: Wiktionary
GALINGALE
Gal"in*gale, n. Etym: [See Galangal.] (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus. Chaucer. Meadow, set with slender galingale. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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