Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PHYSOSTIGMINES
Noun
physostigmines
plural of physostigmine
Source: Wiktionary
PHYSOSTIGMINE
Phy`so*stig"mine, n. (Chem.)
Definition: An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOAK
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
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