Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PYRETHRIN
Etymology
Noun
pyrethrin (plural pyrethrins)
(organic compound) Any of a number of naturally occurring insecticides extracted from the pyrethrum plant; unusual in having a cyclopropane ring.
Source: Wiktionary
Pyr"eth*rin, n. Etym: [NL. Pyrethrum, generic name of feverfew, Gr. (Chem.)
Definition: A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also Pyrethrum camphor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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