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.
OBCONICAL
Etymology
Adjective
obconical (comparative more obconical, superlative most obconical)
(botany) of a fruit: conical in shape and attached to the stalk by the pointed end.
Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical.
Synonyms
• obconic
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*con"ic, Ob*con"ic*al, a. Etym: [Pref. ob- + conic, conical.]
Definition: Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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