Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
OSSIFRAGE
Etymology
Noun
ossifrage (plural ossifrages)
(archaic) Gypaetus barbatus, the diet of which is almost exclusively bone marrow.
(obsolete) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle.
(British) The osprey.
Source: Wiktionary
Os"si*frage, n. Etym: [L. ossifraga, ossifragus, osprey, fr. ossifragus bone breaking; os, ossis, a bone + frangere, fractum, to break. See Osseous, Break, and cf. Osprey, Ossifragous.] (Zoöl.) (a) The lammergeir. (b) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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