Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
METACHRONISM
Etymology
Noun
metachronism (plural metachronisms)
An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
Source: Wiktionary
Me*tach"ro*nism, n. Etym: [Gr. métachronisme.]
Definition: An error committed in chronology by placing an event after its real time.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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