Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
OPPUGNS
Verb
oppugns
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oppugn
Anagrams
• pop guns, popguns
Source: Wiktionary
OPPUGN
Op*pugn", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppugned; p pr. & vb. n. Oppugning.] Etym: [OF. oppugner, L. oppugnare; ob (see Ob-) + pugnare to fight. See Impugn.]
Definition: To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist. They said the manner of their impeachment they could not but conceive did oppugn the rights of Parliament. Clarendon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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