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.
LAMELLATE
Etymology
Adjective
lamellate
Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales.
Having at least some component segments being lengthened on one side and flattened into circles, making these segments look like a stack of dinner plates.
Usage notes
This term is used especially to describe certain insect antennae in which the last segments are so shaped into a compact club of flat plates. Lamellate antennae are a form of clubbed, or clavate antennae.
Source: Wiktionary
Lam"el*late, Lam"el*la`ted, a. Etym: [See Lamella.]
Definition: Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of Antennæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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