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.
GENETTE
Noun
genette (countable and uncountable, plural genettes)
Archaic form of genet (“one of the mammals in genus Genetta”).
Source: Wiktionary
Gen"et, Ge*nette" (, n. Etym: [F. genette, Sp. gineta, fr. Ar. jarnei
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of several species of small Carnivora of the genus Genetta, allied to the civets, but having the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch.
Note: The common genet (Genetta vulgaris) of Southern Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa, is dark gray, spotted with black. The long tail is banded with black and white. The Cape genet (G. felina), and the berbe (G. pardina), are related African species.
2. The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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