Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
keratin, ceratin
(noun) a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
keratin (countable and uncountable, plural keratins)
(protein) The protein of which hair and nails are composed.
• Katrine, intaker, kreatin, tankier
Source: Wiktionary
Ker"a*tin, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and the like. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Called also epidermose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.