Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
PALEOCRINOIDEA
Pa`le*o*cri*noi"de*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Paleo-, and Crinoidea.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A suborder of Crinoidea found chiefly in the Paleozoic rocks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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