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.
SARMENTOSE
Adjective
sarmentose (comparative more sarmentose, superlative most sarmentose)
(botany) Having long, slender, prostrate stolons (runners)
Noun
sarmentose (uncountable)
(carbohydrate) A monosaccharide, with the molecular formula C7H14O4
Anagrams
• mesosterna, nasometers, sea monster
Source: Wiktionary
Sar`men*tose" ( or ), a. Etym: [L. sarmentosus: cf. F. sarmenteux. See Sarment.] (Bot.) (a) Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having only leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a sarmentose stem. (b) Bearing sarments; sarmentaceous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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