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.
OLIVENITE
olivenite
(noun) rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
olivenite (plural olivenites)
(mineral) An orthorhombic copper arsenate mineral with the chemical formula Cu2AsO4OH.
Usage notes
• Not to be confused with olivinite.
Source: Wiktionary
O*liv"en*ite, n. (Min.)
Definition: An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of copper; olive ore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OSTENSIBLE
(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so; “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”; “the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”; “the ostensible truth of their theories”; “his seeming honesty”
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