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.
SILICIFIED
Adjective
silicified
combined with silicon
impregnated with silica; petrified
Verb
silicified
simple past tense and past participle of silicify
Source: Wiktionary
Si*lic"i*fied, a. (Chem.)
Definition: Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially the latter; as, silicified wood.
SILICIFY
Si*lic"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Silicified; p. pr. & vb. n. Silicifying.] Etym: [L. silex, silicis, a flint + -fy: cf. F. silicifier.] (Chem.)
Definition: To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon. The specimens found . . . are completely silicified. Say.
Note: The silica may take the form of agate, chalcedony, flint, hornstone, or crystalline quartz.
Si*lic"i*fy, v. i.
Definition: To become converted into silica, or to be impregnated with silica.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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