Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
RHONCHIAL
Adjective
rhonchial (not comparable)
(medicine) Of or pertaining to a rhonchus; produced by rhonchi.
Source: Wiktionary
Rhon"chi*al, a. (Med.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to a rhonchus; produced by rhonchi. Rhonchial fremitus. Etym: [L. fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring.] (Med.) A vibration of the chest wall that may be felt by the hand laid upon its surface. It is caused in the production of rhonchi in the bronchial tubes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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