Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
ISMAELITE
Is`ma*e"li*an, Is"ma*el*ite, n. (Eccl.)
Definition: One of a sect of Mohammedans who favored the pretensions of the family of Mohammed ben Ismael, of the house Ali.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUSPENDED
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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