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.
OLEIC
Etymology
Adjective
oleic (comparative more oleic, superlative most oleic)
Of or pertaining to oil, especially to vegetable oil
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to oleic acid or its derivatives
Anagrams
• Cielo, Coile, eolic
Source: Wiktionary
O"le*ic, a. Etym: [L. oleum oil: cf. F. oléique.] (Physiol.Chem.)
Definition: Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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