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.
SAPWOOD
sapwood
(noun) newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sapwood (countable and uncountable, plural sapwoods)
The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch, different in color from the heartwood.
Synonyms
• alburnum
Antonyms
• heartwood
Source: Wiktionary
Sap"wood`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The alburnum, or part of the wood on any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from Heartwood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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