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.
LUNA
Luna
(noun) (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Luna
The name of Earth's moon.
(Roman god) The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene.
A female given name from Latin.
A given name for a female pet.
(alchemy) Silver.
Coordinate terms
• Greco-Roman Moon Goddesses
Artemis / Diana
Hecate / Trivia
Theia
Phoebe
Pandia
The Menae
Anagrams
• An-lu, Anlu, auln, luan, ulan, ulna, unal
Etymology 1
Noun
luna (plural lunas)
(entomology) A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
(Christianity, chiefly, Catholicism and Anglicanism) A lunette: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. [from 19th c.]
Synonyms
• (glass holder): lunette, lunula
Etymology 2
Noun
luna (plural luna or lunas)
(Hawaii) A foreman on a plantation.
Usage notes
• This noun, though inflected as an English word (singular luna, plural lunas), is frequently italicized as a loanword.
Anagrams
• An-lu, Anlu, auln, luan, ulan, ulna, unal
Source: Wiktionary
Lu"na, n. Etym: [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n., and cf. Lune.]
1. The moon.
2. (Alchemy)
Definition: Silver. Luna cornea (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called from its resemblance to horn. Luna moth (Zoöl.), a very large and beautiful American moth (Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light green, with a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow. Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on the hickory, sassafras, and maple.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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