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.
OSES
Noun
oses pl (plural only)
(colloquial) The various sugars ending in -ose, such as sucrose, lactose, glucose, and fructose.
Anagrams
• SOEs, SOSE, Seos, Soes, soes
Noun
OSes
plural of OS
Anagrams
• SOEs, SOSE, Seos, Soes, soes
Source: Wiktionary
OSE
-ose. Etym: [L. -osus: cf. F. -ose. Cf. -ous.]
1. A suffix denoting full of, containing, having the qualities of, like; as in verbose, full of words; pilose, hairy; globose, like a globe.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: A suffix indicating that the substance to the name of wich it is affixed is a member of the carbohydrate group; as in cellulose, sucrose, dextrose, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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