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.
INDOLE
Etymology
Noun
indole (plural indoles)
(organic compound) An organic compound, C8H7N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications.
Synonym: ketole
(organic chemistry) Any of the derivatives of indole1.
Hyponyms
• acemetacin
• atevirdine
• cediranib
• dirlotapide
• dolasetron
• gramine
• indalpine
• indican
• indoleamine
• indolequinone
• indometacin
• indoxyl
• isoindole
• mebhydrolin
• monatin
• naltrindole
• oxametacin
• paxilline
• pindolol
• ramosetron
• sertindole
• sumatriptan
• tenidap
• tropisetron
Adjective
indole (comparative more indole, superlative most indole)
(obsolete) guileless
Anagrams
• El Nido, Leonid, Liendo, dienol, doline, elonid, olenid
Source: Wiktionary
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(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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