Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
ORICHALCH
Or"i*chalch, n. Etym: [L. orichalcum, Gr. orichalque.]
Definition: A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but inferior in value; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; -- called also aurichalcum, orichalcum, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HISTOLOGICALLY
(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”
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