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.
SOMNIFIC
soporific, soporiferous, somniferous, somnific, hypnogogic, hypnagogic
(adjective) sleep inducing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
somnific (comparative more somnific, superlative most somnific)
Causing sleep; somniferous.
Source: Wiktionary
Som*nif"ic, a. Etym: [L. somnificus; somnus sleep + facere to make.]
Definition: Causing sleep; somniferous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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