Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
LENIS
Etymology
Adjective
lenis (not comparable)
(phonetics) Weakly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiced; especially as compared to the others of a group of homorganic consonants.
Synonym: lax
Antonym: fortis
Noun
lenis (plural lenes)
(phonetics) A lenis consonant.
Anagrams
• LINEs, Niles, elsin, liens, lines, lisne
Source: Wiktionary
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