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.
SAXIFRAGE
saxifrage, breakstone, rockfoil
(noun) any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
saxifrage (countable and uncountable, plural saxifrages)
Any plant in the genus Saxifraga.
Source: Wiktionary
Sax"i*frage (; 48), n. Etym: [L. saxifraga, from saxifragus stone- breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break: cf. F. saxifrage. See Fracture, and cf. Sassafras, Saxon.] (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions. Burnet saxifrage, a European umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella Saxifraga).
– Golden saxifrage, a low half-sacculent herb (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) growing in rivulets in Europe; also, C. Americanum, common in the United States. See also under Golden.
– Meadow saxifrage, or Pepper saxifrage. See under Meadow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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