Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy
(adjective) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
Source: WordNet® 3.1
leprose (comparative more leprose, superlative most leprose)
(biology) Covered with thin, scurfy scales.
• Lepores, elopers
Source: Wiktionary
Lep"rose`, a. Etym: [See Leprous.] (Nat. Hist.)
Definition: Covered with thin, scurfy scales.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.