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.
MONARCH
monarch, monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly, Danaus plexippus
(noun) large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
sovereign, crowned head, monarch
(noun) a nation’s ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
monarch (plural monarches)
The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.
(Aboriginal English) A police officer.
(often capitalised) A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers.
The chief or best thing of its kind.
Synonyms
• (ruler): autocrat, autocrator, big man, despot, dictator, Führer, potentate, sovereign, tyrant
Hyponyms
• (ruler): emperor, empress, king, queen
Anagrams
• chroman, nomarch
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"arch, n. Etym: [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. Archi-.]
1. A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief. He who reigns Monarch in heaven, ... upheld by old repute. Milton.
2. One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest.
3. A patron deity or presiding genius. Come, thou, monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus. Shak.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly.
Mon"arch, a.
Definition: Superior to others; preëminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch savage." Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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