Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
LUNARIES
LUNARY
Lu"na*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. lunaire. See Lunar.]
Definition: Lunar. [Obs.] Fuller.
Lu"na*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. F. lunaire.] (Bot.) (a) The herb moonwort or "honesty". (b) A low fleshy fern (Botrychium Lunaria) with lunate segments of the leaf or frond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
31 March 2025
IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
Coffee Trivia
