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.
TRIFOLIUM
Trifolium, genus Trifolium
(noun) any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
trifolium (plural trifoliums or trifolia)
(botany) Any of the genus Trifolium of clovers and trefoils.
Anagrams
• lituiform
Source: Wiktionary
Tri*fo"li*um, n. Etym: [L., clover.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of which are called clover. See Clover.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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