Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PLEURON
Etymology
Noun
pleuron (plural pleura)
(zoology) A lateral sclerite of a thoracic segment of an arthropod between the tergum and the sternum.
Source: Wiktionary
Pleu"ron, n.; pl. Pleura. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the sides of an animal. (b) One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect. (c) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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