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.
OILSEED
oilseed, oil-rich seed
(noun) any of several seeds that yield oil
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
oilseed (usually uncountable, plural oilseeds)
The seed of any of several plants which are used commercially as a source of vegetable oil
The plant that yields such seed
Hyponyms
• linseed, rapeseed, cottonseed
Source: Wiktionary
Oil"seed`, n. (Bot.) (a) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean. (b) A cruciferous herb (Camelina sativa). (c) The sesame.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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