Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
placebos
plural of placebo
Source: Wiktionary
Pla*ce"bo, n. Etym: [L., I shall please, fut. of placere to please.]
1. (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A prescription intended to humor or satisfy. To sing placebo, to agree with one in his opinion; to be complaisant to. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.