Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PERTUSSIS
Etymology
Noun
pertussis (countable and uncountable, plural pertusses)
(pathology) Whooping cough.
Source: Wiktionary
Per*tus"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. per through, very + tussis cough.] (Med.)
Definition: The whooping cough.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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