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.
TRICOLOR
trichromatic, trichrome, tricolor
(adjective) having or involving three colors; “trichromatic vision”; “a trichromatic printing process”; “trichromatic staining is the staining of tissue samples differentially in three colors”; “tricolor plumage”; “a tricolor process in photography”
tricolor, tricolour
(noun) a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tricolor (not comparable)
(American spelling) Having three colors.
Noun
tricolor (plural tricolors)
(American spelling) Alternative form of tricolour
Etymology
Proper noun
Tricolor
the French flag
the Irish flag
the Italian flag
Source: Wiktionary
Tri"col`or, n. Etym: [F. tricolore, drapeau tricolore a tricolored flag, fr. tricolore three-colored; tri (see Tri-) + L. color color.] [Written also tricolour.]
1. The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution.
2. Hence, any three-colored flag.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; “a sharp photographic image”; “the sharp crack of a twig”; “the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot”
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