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.
HORNWORT
hornwort
(noun) liverworts with slender hornlike capsules
hornwort
(noun) any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hornwort (plural hornworts)
A bryophyte with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn.
Source: Wiktionary
Horn"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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