Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PITHIEST
PITHY
pithy, sententious
(adjective) concise and full of meaning; “welcomed her pithy comments”; “the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams”- Hervey Allen
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
pithiest
superlative form of pithy: most pithy
Source: Wiktionary
PITHY
Pith"y, a. [Compar. Pithier; superl. Pithiest.]
1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.
2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent. This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed. Dryden. In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy. Addison. Pithy gall (Zoöl.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly (Diastrophus nebulosus).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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