Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
OVOLOS
Noun
ovolos
plural of ovolo
Source: Wiktionary
OVOLO
O"vo*lo, n. Etym: [It. ovolo, uovolo, fr. L. ovum an egg. Cf. Ovule.] (Arch.)
Definition: A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column.
Note: In Roman work it is usually a quarter circle in section; in Greek work it is flatter, and is equivalent to the echinus; that is, it has in section the elastic curve of the shell of the sea urchin. In mediæval architecture it is not distinguishable from the multitude of convex moldings, of all sections, which are used.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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