Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PAROTIDS
Noun
parotids
plural of parotid
Anagrams
• Port Said, parodist, partidos
Source: Wiktionary
PAROTID
Pa*rot"id, a. Etym: [L. parotis, -idis, Gr. parotide. ] (Anat.) (a) Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland. Parotid gland (Anat.), one of the salivary glands situated just in front of or below the ear. It is the largest of the salivary glands in man, and its duct opens into the interior of the mouth opposite the second molar of the upper jaw.
Pa*rot"id, n. (Anat.)
Definition: The parotid gland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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