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.
OLIVARY
Etymology
Adjective
olivary (comparative more olivary, superlative most olivary)
Shaped like an olive
Source: Wiktionary
Ol"i*va*ry, a. Etym: [L. olivarius belonging to olives, fr. oliva an olive: cf. F. olivaire.] (Anat.)
Definition: Like an olive. Olivary body (Anat.), an oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRITICAL
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