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.
GLABROUS
glabrous
(adjective) having no hair or similar growth; smooth; “glabrous stems”; “glabrous leaves”; “a glabrous scalp”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
glabrous (comparative more glabrous, superlative most glabrous)
Smooth, hairless; bald.
Antonyms
• hirsute
Source: Wiktionary
Gla"brous, a. Etym: [L. glaber; cf. Gr.
Definition: Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIGATE
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
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