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.
POLLINIUM
pollinium
(noun) a coherent mass of pollen grains (as in orchids)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pollinium (plural pollinia)
(palynology) A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a single unit during pollination.
Synonyms
• polyad (any group of more than four pollen grains)
Source: Wiktionary
Pol*lin"i*um, n.; pl. Pollinia. Etym: [NL. See Pollen.] (Bot.)
Definition: A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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