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.
PLUSH
lavish, lucullan, plush, plushy
(adjective) characterized by extravagance and profusion; “a lavish buffet”; “a lucullan feast”
plush
(noun) a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
plush (comparative plusher, superlative plushest)
(UK) Very extravagant.
(UK) Very expensive, or appearing expensive.
(of a man-made object) Having a soft, fluffy exterior.
Noun
plush (countable and uncountable, plural plushes)
A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
A plush toy.
Anagrams
• Puhls, sulph-
Source: Wiktionary
Plush, n. Etym: [F. pluche, peluche (cf. It. peluzzo), fr. L. pilus hair. See pile hair, and cf. Peruke.]
Definition: A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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