Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SERPULAE
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serpulae
plural of serpula
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SERPULA
Ser"pu*la, n.; pl. Serpulæ, E. Serpulas. Etym: [L., a little snake. See Serpent.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidæ. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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