Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
OCTAPLA
Etymology
Proper noun
Octapla
A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3rd century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.
Noun
Octapla
A multilingual book in eight languages.
Source: Wiktionary
Oc"ta*pla, n.; etymol. pl., but syntactically sing. Etym: [NL., fr.Gr. -pla, as in E. hexapla; cf.Gr.
Definition: A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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