Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
HEXEIKOSANE
Hex*ei"ko*sane, n. Etym: [Hex- + eikosane.] (chem.)
Definition: A hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; -- so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon. [Written also hexacosane.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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