Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
ratels
plural of ratel
• Salter, Slater, alerts, alters, artels, estral, laster, laters, resalt, salter, slater, staler, stelar, strale, streal, talers, tarsel, tralse
Source: Wiktionary
Ra"tel, n. Etym: [F.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any carnivore of the genus Mellivora, allied to the weasels and the skunks; -- called also honey badger.
Note: Several species are known in Africa and India. The Cape ratel (M. Capensis) and the Indian ratel (M. Indica) are the best known. The back is gray; the lower parts, face, and tail are black. They are fond of honey, and rob the nests of wild bees.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.