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.
PALPUS
Noun
palpus (plural palpi)
palp (invertebrate appendage)
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• Uppals, slap-up
Source: Wiktionary
Pal"pus, n.; pl. Palpi. Etym: [NL. See Palp.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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