Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PRALLTRILLER
Etymology
Noun
pralltriller (plural pralltrillers)
(music) A melodic embellishment consisting of the quick alternation of a principal tone with an auxiliary tone above it, usually the next in the scale.
Source: Wiktionary
Prall"tril`ler, n.; G. pl. -triller. [G.] (Music)
Definition: A melodic embellishment consisting of the quick alternation of a principal tone with an auxiliary tone above it, usually the next of the scale; --called also the inverted mordente.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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