Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
MYROBALAN
Etymology
Noun
myrobalan (plural myrobalans)
A plum-like fruit from various trees of the genus Terminalia, formerly used in medicine and now in the dyeing industry; also, the tree itself.
Source: Wiktionary
My*rob"a*lan, My*rob"o*lan, n. Etym: [L. myrobalanum the fruit of a palm tree from which a balsam was made, Gr. myrobolan.]
Definition: A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune. It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly used in tanning and dyeing. Myrobolans are produced by various species of Terminalia of the East Indies, and of Spondias of South America.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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