Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
polypite (plural polypites)
(rare) A fossil polyp
(rare) An individual polyp of a colonial cnidarian
Source: Wiktionary
Pol"y*pite, n.
1. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian. (b) Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa.
2. (Paleon.)
Definition: A fossil coral.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.