Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
LIGNEOUS
ligneous
(adjective) consisting of or containing lignin or xylem; “ligneous (or woody) tissue”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ligneous (comparative more ligneous, superlative most ligneous)
Of, or resembling wood; woody.
(botany) Containing lignin or xylem.
Source: Wiktionary
Lig"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. ligneus, fr. lignum wood. Cf. Lignous.]
Definition: Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or resembling, wood; woody. It should be tried with shoots of vines and roots of red roses; for it may be they, being of a moreligneous nature, will incorporate with the tree itself. Bacon. Ligneous marble, wood coated or prepared so as to resemble marble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HYDRAULIC
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