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.
TEREBINTH
terebinth, Pistacia terebinthus
(noun) a Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
terebinth (plural terebinths)
A Mediterranean tree, Pistacia terebinthus (and, possibly, Pistacia palaestina)
Source: Wiktionary
Ter"e*binth, n. Etym: [L. terbinthus, Gr. térébinthe. Cf. Turpentine.] (Bot.)
Definition: The turpentine tree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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