Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
NOSOPHEN
Nos"o*phen, n. [Nose + phenol; orig. used for affections of the nose.] (Pharm.)
Definition: An iodine compound obtained as a yellowish gray, odorless, tasteless powder by the action of iodine on phenolphthalein.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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