Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
THALLINE
Adjective
thalline (comparative more thalline, superlative most thalline)
(botany) Having a thallus
Noun
thalline (uncountable)
(obsolete, medicine) Any of several derivatives of quinoline used as an antipyretic
Source: Wiktionary
Thal"line, a. (Bot.)
Definition: Consisting of a thallus.
Thal"line, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Definition: An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C10H13NO, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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