Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PARTICULARIZING
Verb
particularizing
present participle of particularize
Source: Wiktionary
PARTICULARIZE
Par*tic"u*lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Particularized; p. pr. & vb. n. Particularizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. particulariser.]
Definition: To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail. He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but particularizes his descent from Benjamin. Atterbury.
Par*tic"u*lar*ize, v. i.
Definition: To mention or attend to particulars; to give minute details; to be circumstantial; as, to particularize in a narrative.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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