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.
STRELITZIA
Strelitzia, genus Strelitzia
(noun) small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name, from Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, of the house of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Noun
strelitzia (plural strelitzias)
Any of several flowering plants of the genus Strelitzia.
Synonyms
• bird of paradise flower
Source: Wiktionary
Stre*litz"i*a, n. Etym: [NL., named after Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and queen of George III of Great Britain.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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