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.
INTERCALATIONS
Noun
intercalations
plural of intercalation
Anagrams
• centralisation, intrasectional
Source: Wiktionary
INTERCALATION
In*ter`ca*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. intercalatio: cf. F. intercalation.]
1. (Chron.)
Definition: The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.
2. The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers. Intercalations of fresh-water species in some localities. Mantell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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