Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile
(adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; “ductile copper”; “malleable metals such as gold”; “they soaked the leather to made it pliable”; “pliant molten glass”; “made of highly tensile steel alloy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tractile (comparative more tractile, superlative most tractile)
Capable of being drawn or stretched out in length.
Synonym: ductile
Pertaining to traction or pulling.
Synonyms: tractional, tractive
(dated) Capable of being led.
Synonym: tractable
(obsolete, rare, of financial assets) Able to be drawn or procured from a place of deposit.
• artilect, clattier, tetrical
Source: Wiktionary
Tract"ile, a. Etym: [L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
Definition: Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 March 2025
(adjective) moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil); “hydraulic erosion”; “hydraulic brakes”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.