Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
INVIOLATE
intact, inviolate
(adjective) (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; “she was intact, virginal”
inviolable, inviolate, sacrosanct
(adjective) must be kept sacred
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
inviolate (comparative more inviolate, superlative most inviolate)
Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
Incorruptible.
Source: Wiktionary
In*vi"o*late, In*vi"o*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. inviolatus. See In- not, and Violate.]
1. Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken. His fortune of arms was still inviolate. Bacon.
2. Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure. "Inviolate truth." Denham. There chaste Alceste lives inviolate. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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