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.
PINESAP
pinesap, false beachdrops, Monotropa hypopithys
(noun) fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pinesap (plural pinesaps)
A myco-heterotroph (Monotropa hypopitys), formerly thought to be a saprophyte, having racemes of drooping flowers.
Synonyms
• (Monotropa hypopitys): false beechdrops, dutchman's pipe, yellow bird's nest
Anagrams
• nappies, pie pans
Source: Wiktionary
Pine"sap`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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