Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
INVOLUCRUM
Etymology
Noun
involucrum (plural involucra)
A sheath that covers or envelopes, especially one that forms around the sequestrum of new bone.
(botany) An involucre.
Source: Wiktionary
In`vo*lu"crum, n.; pl. L. Involucra, E. Involucrums. Etym: [L. See Involucre.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: See Involucre.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBSERVE
(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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