Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SERICTERIUM
Etymology
Noun
sericterium (plural sericteria)
(zoology) A silk gland, as in the silkworms.
Synonyms
• serictery
Source: Wiktionary
Ser`ic*te"ri*um, n. Etym: [See Sericeous.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A silk gland, as in the silkworms.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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