Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
HYPOCRYSTALLINE
Etymology
Adjective
hypocrystalline (not comparable)
(geology, of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
Source: Wiktionary
Hyp`o*crys"tal*line, a. Etym: [Pref. hypo- + crystalline.] (Crystallog.)
Definition: Partly crystalline; -- said of rock which consists of crystals imbedded in a glassy ground mass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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