Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
LHERZOLITE
Etymology
Noun
lherzolite (countable and uncountable, plural lherzolites)
(mineral) A dark-green igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite.
Source: Wiktionary
Lher"zo*lite, n. Etym: [From Lherz, a place in the Pyrenees + -lite.] (Min.)
Definition: An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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13 January 2025
SOAK
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
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