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.
SPADICEOUS
Etymology
Adjective
spadiceous (comparative more spadiceous, superlative most spadiceous)
Of a bright clear brown or chestnut colour.
(botany) Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.
Anagrams
• dipsaceous
Source: Wiktionary
Spa*di"ceous, a. Etym: [L. spadix, -icis, a date-brown or nut-brown color. See Spadix.]
1. Of a bright clear brown or chestnut color. Sir T. Browne.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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