Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
LAVOLTED
LAVOLT
La*volt", La*vol"ta, n. Etym: [It.la volta the turn, turning, whirl. Cf. Volt of a horse, Volta.]
Definition: An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring or bound. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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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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