Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PENTACOCCOUS
Pen`ta*coc"cous, a. Etym: [See Penta-, Coccus.] (Bot.)
Definition: Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each, as certain fruits.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PARSEC
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
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