Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PECOPTERIS
pecopteris
(noun) Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Pe*cop"te*ris, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Definition: An extensive genus of fossil ferns; -- so named from the regular comblike arrangement of the leaflets.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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