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.
OLIGONUCLEOTIDE
oligonucleotide, oligo
(noun) (biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
oligonucleotide (plural oligonucleotides)
a short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs
Synonym: oligo
Hyponym: oligodeoxyribonucleotide
Source: Wiktionary
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