Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SEPTICIDAL
Etymology
Adjective
septicidal (not comparable)
(botany) Dividing the partitions; said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.
Anagrams
• pesticidal
Source: Wiktionary
Sep"ti*ci`dal, a. Etym: [Septum + L. caedere to cut: cf. F. septicide.] (Bot.)
Definition: Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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