Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
JIRD
jird
(noun) gerbil of northern Africa
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
jird (plural jirds)
Any of various agricultural pest rodents of genus Meriones and rodents of certain species in the genera Sekeetamys, Brachiones, and sometimes Pachyuromys.
Source: Wiktionary
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19 June 2025
ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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