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.
PLATYRHINE
platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhinic, broadnosed
(adjective) of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Plat"y*rhine, a. Etym: [Platy + Gr. (Anat.)
Definition: Having the nose broad; -- opposed to Ant: leptorhine.
– n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Platyrhini.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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