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.
GYROIDAL
Etymology
Adjective
gyroidal (not comparable)
Spiral in arrangement or action.
(crystallography) Having the planes arranged spirally, so that they all incline to the right (or left) of a vertical line; said of certain hemihedral forms.
Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.
Source: Wiktionary
Gy*roid"al, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid + -al.]
1. Spiral in arrangement or action.
2. (Crystallog.)
Definition: Having the planes arranged spirally, so that they incline all to the right (or left) of a vertical line; -- said of certain hemihedral forms.
3. (Opt.)
Definition: Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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