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.
GYNOPHORES
Noun
gynophores
plural of gynophore
Source: Wiktionary
GYNOPHORE
Gyn"o*phore, n. Etym: [Gr. gynophore.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. Lindley.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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