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.
ORCHID
orchid, orchidaceous plant
(noun) any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
orchid (plural orchids)
A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours. [mid-19th C.]
A light bluish-red, violet-red or purple colour.
Adjective
orchid (not comparable)
(colour) having a light purple colour.
Anagrams
• rhodic
Source: Wiktionary
Or"chid, n. Etym: [See Orchis.] (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of the order Orchidaceæ. See Orchidaceous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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