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.
GORGONIACEA
Gorgonacea, suborder Gorgonacea, Gorgoniacea, suborder Gorgoniacea
(noun) red corals and sea fans
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Gor*go`ni*a"ce*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Gorgonia.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c
Note: The axis is commonly horny, but it may be solid and stony (composed of calcium carbonate), as in the red coral of commerce, or it may be in alternating horny and stony joints, as in Isis. See Alcyonaria, Anthozoa, C.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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