Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SEMITIC
Semite, Semitic
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Semites; “Semite peoples”
Semitic
(adjective) of or relating to the group of Semitic languages; “Semitic tongues have a complicated morphology”
Semitic
(noun) a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Sem*it"ic, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. [Written also Shemitic.] Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and Phoenician, Aramaic, Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). Encyc. Brit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”
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