Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
PETECHIA
petechia
(noun) a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
petechia (plural petechiae)
(medicine) A small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin.
Anagrams
• epitheca
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INCORPORATE
(verb) include or contain; have as a component; “A totally new idea is comprised in this paper”; “The record contains many old songs from the 1930’s”
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