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.
HORNBEAMS
Noun
hornbeams
plural of hornbeam
Source: Wiktionary
HORNBEAM
Horn"beam`, n. Etym: [See Beam.] (Bot.)
Definition: A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech. Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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