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.
TRIDACNAS
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tridacnas
plural of tridacna
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Source: Wiktionary
TRIDACNA
Tri*dac"na, n. Etym: [L., pl., a kind of oysters, fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (T. gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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