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.
SHRUBBED
Etymology
Adjective
shrubbed (not comparable)
Having shrubs.
a richly-shrubbed garden
Source: Wiktionary
SHRUB
Shrub, n. Etym: [Ar. shirb, shurb, a drink, beverage, fr. shariba to drink. Cf. Sirup, Sherbet.]
Definition: A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.
Shrub, n. Etym: [OE. schrob, AS. scrob, scrobb; akin to Norw. skrubba the dwarf cornel tree.] (Bot.)
Definition: A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.
Shrub, v. t.
Definition: To lop; to prune. [Obs.] Anderson (1573).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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