Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
GRAVELLY
grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy
(adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; “a gravelly voice”
gravelly, pebbly, shingly
(adjective) abounding in small stones; “landed at a shingly little beach”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
gravelly (comparative more gravelly, superlative most gravelly)
Full of, or covered with gravel or pebbles.
(of a voice) Unpleasantly harsh or rasping.
Source: Wiktionary
Grav"el*ly, a.
Definition: Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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