Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
GUANIDINE
Noun
guanidine (countable and uncountable, plural guanidines)
(organic compound) A strong base HN=C(NH2)2 obtained by the oxidation of guanine
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• anguidine
Source: Wiktionary
Gua"ni*dine, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: A strongly alkaline base, CN3H5, formed by the oxidation of guanin, and also obtained combined with methyl in the decomposition of creatin. Boiled with dilute sulphuric acid, it yields urea and ammonia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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