Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SUBTROPICAL
subtropical, subtropic, semitropical, semitropic
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics; “even near the equator vegetation at 5000 ft is subtropical rather than tropical”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
subtropical (not comparable)
Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.
Noun
subtropical (plural subtropicals)
A subtropical plant.
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*trop"ic*al, a.
Definition: Nearly tropical.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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