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.
RINGDOVE
ringdove, Streptopelia risoria
(noun) greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ringdove (plural ringdoves)
the wood pigeon
Anagrams
• divergon
Source: Wiktionary
Ring"dove`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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