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.
PURGATIVE
cathartic, evacuant, purgative
(adjective) strongly laxative
purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient
(noun) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
purgative
(capable of) purging
Noun
purgative (plural purgatives)
something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative
Source: Wiktionary
Pur"ga*tive, a Etym: [L. purgativus: cf. F. purgatif.]
Definition: Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.
– n. (Med.)
Definition: A purging medicine; a cathartic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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