Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
LEUCOPLASTID
Etymology
Noun
leucoplastid (plural leucoplastids)
(biology) A kind of unpigmented plastid involved in a wide range of essential biosynthetic functions.
Hyponyms
• amyloplast
• elaioplast
• proteinoplast
Source: Wiktionary
Leu"co*plast, Leu`co*plas"tid, n. Etym: [Leuco- + Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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