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.
SCROBICULATE
Etymology
Adjective
scrobiculate (comparative more scrobiculate, superlative most scrobiculate)
(botany) Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted.
Anagrams
• corbiculates
Source: Wiktionary
Scro*bic"u*late, Scro*bic"u*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. scrobiculus, dim. of scrobis a ditch or trench.] (Bot.)
Definition: Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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