Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
OPHIDIA
Serpentes, suborder Serpentes, Ophidia, suborder Ophidia
(noun) snakes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
O*phid"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The order of reptiles which includes the serpents.
Note: The most important divisions are: the Solenoglypha, having erectile perforated fangs, as the rattlesnake; the Proteroglypha, or elapine serpents, having permanently erect fang, as the cobra; the Asinea, or colubrine serpents, which are destitute of fangs; and the Opoterodonta, or Epanodonta, blindworms, in which the mouth is not dilatable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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