Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PARENT
parent
(noun) an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained
parent
(noun) a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent
(verb) look after a child until it is an adult; “raise a family”; “bring up children”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
parent (plural parents)
One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father. [from 15th c.]
Synonym: progenitor
Antonyms: child, offspring
Hyponyms: father, mother
A surrogate mother
A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material
A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
(obsolete) A relative. [15th-18th c.]
The source or origin of something. [from 16th c.]
(biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended. [from 17th c.]
(attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
A parent company. [from 20th c.]
(computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node. [from 20th c.]
Synonym: mother
Antonym: child
Verb
parent (third-person singular simple present parents, present participle parenting, simple past and past participle parented)
To act as parent, to raise or rear.
Synonyms: raise, rear
Anagrams
• -pteran, Parten, arpent, enrapt, entrap, panter, trepan
Source: Wiktionary
Par"ent, n. Etym: [L. parens, -entis; akin to parere to bring forth; cf. Gr. parent. Cf. Part.]
1. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1.
2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice. Regular industry is the parent of sobriety. Channing. Parent cell. (Biol.) See Mother cell, under Mother, also Cytula.
– Parent nucleus (Biol.), a nucleus which, in cell division, divides, and gives rise to two or more daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis, and Cell division, under Division.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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