Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
OSTEOCOLLAS
OSTEOCOLLA
Os`te*o*col"la, n. Etym: [Osteo- + Gr.
1. A kind of glue obtained from bones. Ure.
2. A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, -- formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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