Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
TORSO
torso, trunk, body
(noun) the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; “they moved their arms and legs and bodies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
torso (plural torsos or torsi)
The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.
Synonyms
• trunk
Anagrams
• Sorto, Toors, ostro, roost, roots, stoor, toros
Source: Wiktionary
Tor"so, n.; pl. E. Torsos, It. Torsi. Etym: [It. torso, probably fr. L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, thyrsus, Gr. torso, turso, a stalk, stem, G. dorsche a cabbage stalk. Cf. Thyrsus, Truss.]
Definition: The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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