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.
PILEATED
Adjective
pileated (not comparable)
(botany) Having a pileus
(zoology) Having a crest covering the pileum
Anagrams
• depilate, die plate, epilated, lepadite
Source: Wiktionary
Pi"le*ate, Pi"le*a`ted, a. Etym: [L. pileatus, fr. pileus a felt cap or hat.]
1. Having the form of a cap for the head.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head. Pileated woodpecker (Zoöl.), a large American woodpecker (Ceophloeus pileatus). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called also logcock, and woodcock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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