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.
LUXURIANT
exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous
(adjective) produced or growing in extreme abundance; “their riotous blooming”
epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous
(adjective) displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; “an epicurean banquet”; “enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs”; “Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence”; “a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness”
elaborate, luxuriant
(adjective) marked by complexity and richness of detail; “an elaborate lace pattern”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
luxuriant (comparative more luxuriant, superlative most luxuriant)
Abundant in growth or detail.
Source: Wiktionary
Lux*u"ri*ant, a. Etym: [L. luxurians, p. pr. of luxuriare: cf. F. luxuriant. See Luxuriate.]
Definition: Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage. Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. Pope. Luxuriant flower (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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