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.
OFFSPRING
young, offspring
(noun) any immature animal
offspring, materialization, materialisation
(noun) something that comes into existence as a result; “industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution’s various socialistic offspring”; “this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts”
offspring, progeny, issue
(noun) the immediate descendants of a person; “she was the mother of many offspring”; “he died without issue”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
offspring (plural offspring or offsprings)
A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children.
All of a person's descendants, including further generations.
An animal or plant's progeny or young.
(figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
(computing) A process launched by another process.
Usage notes
• The plural offsprings is mainly used for the computing sense.
Synonyms
• (daughter(s) and/or son(s)): baby/babies, child/children, fruit of one's loins, issue (plural only), get, kid/kids
• (all descendants): binary clone, descendants, fruit of one's loins, get, lineage, progeny, seed
Antonyms
• (daughter(s) and/or son(s)): genitor (rare), parent, progenitor, father (male), mother (female)
• (descendants): ancestors, forbears/forebears, forefathers
Source: Wiktionary
Off"spring`, n.sing. & pl. Etym: [Off + spring.]
1. The act of production; generation. [Obs.]
2. That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock. To the gods alone Our future offspring and our wives are known. Dryden.
3. Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] Fairfax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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