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.
SPINY
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
(adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; “a horse with a short bristly mane”; “bristly shrubs”; “burred fruits”; “setaceous whiskers”
spinous, spiny
(adjective) having spines; “the dorsal fin is spinous”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
spiny (comparative spinier, superlative spiniest)
covered in spines or thorns
troublesome; difficult or vexing
Like a spine in shape; slender.
Synonyms
• (covered in spines): thorny, prickly
• (troublesome): thorny, prickly
Noun
spiny (plural spinies)
Archaic form of spinny.
Anagrams
• Pin@ys, nipsy, snipy
Source: Wiktionary
Spin"y, a. Etym: [From Spine.]
1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
2. Like a spine in shape; slender. "Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping." Chapman.
3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances. The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. Bp. Warburton. Spiny lobster. (Zoöl.) Same as Rock lobster, under Rock. See also Lobster.
Spin"y, n.
Definition: See Spinny.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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