Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
OSTEOBLAST
osteoblast, bone-forming cell
(noun) a cell from which bone develops
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
osteoblast (plural osteoblasts)
(biology, cytology) A mononucleate cell from which bone develops.
Source: Wiktionary
Os"te*o*blast, n. Etym: [Osteo- + -blast.] (Anat.)
Definition: One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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WINEBERRY
(noun) raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits
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