Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
MANDUCATE
chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
(verb) chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; “He jawed his bubble gum”; “Chew your food and don’t swallow it!”; “The cows were masticating the grass”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
manducate (third-person singular simple present manducates, present participle manducating, simple past and past participle manducated)
(literary) To chew; to masticate.
(literary) To eat.
Source: Wiktionary
Man"du*cate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manducated; p. pr. & vb. n. Manducating.] Etym: [L. manducatus, p. p. of manducare to chew. See Manger.]
Definition: To masticate; to chew; to eat. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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