Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
LACTATE
lactate
(noun) a salt or ester of lactic acid
breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
(verb) give suck to; “The wetnurse suckled the infant”; “You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
lactate (third-person singular simple present lactates, present participle lactating, simple past and past participle lactated)
(intransitive) To secrete or produce milk
Etymology 2
Noun
lactate (plural lactates)
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of lactic acid
Ellipsis of lactate ion.
Source: Wiktionary
Lac"tate, n. Etym: [L. lac, lactis, milk: cf. F. lactate.] (Chem.)
Definition: A salt of lactic acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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