SWIDDEN

Etymology

Noun

swidden (plural swiddens)

An area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn.

Verb

swidden (third-person singular simple present swiddens, present participle swiddening, simple past and past participle swiddened)

To clear an area of land by cutting and burning.

Source: Wiktionary



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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