Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
OVISM
O"vism, n. [Ovum + -ism.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The old theory that the egg contains the whole embryo of the future organism and the germs of all subsequent offsprings and is merely awakened to activity by the spermatozoön; -- opposed to spermism or animalculism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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