Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
HIPPURIC
Etymology
Adjective
hippuric (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to hippuric acid or its derivatives
Source: Wiktionary
Hip*pu"ric, a. Etym: [Gr. hippurique.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: Obtained from the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid. Hippuric acid, a white crystalline substance, containing nitrogen, present in the urine of herbivorous animals, and in small quantity in human urine. By the action of acids, it is decomposed into benzoic acid and glycocoll.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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