Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
TETTERWORT
bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis
(noun) perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Tet"ter*wort`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the calendine, in America the bloodroot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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