Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PEDICELLARIAE
Noun
pedicellariae
plural of pedicellaria
Source: Wiktionary
PEDICELLARIA
Ped`i*cel*la"ri*a, n.; pl. Pedicellariæ. Etym: [NL. See Pedicel.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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