Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SOURWOOD
Etymology
Noun
sourwood (plural sourwoods)
A North American deciduous shrubby tree, of the genus Oxydendrum, having deep fissures in its bark, and sour-tasting leaves.
An Australian tree, of the genus Hibiscus; the sorrel tree.
Source: Wiktionary
Sour"wood`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The sorrel tree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOLICITOUSLY
(adverb) in a concerned and solicitous manner; “‘Don’t you feel well?’ his mother asked solicitously”
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