Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
TRIPOLIS
Noun
tripolis
plural of tripoli
Source: Wiktionary
TRIPOLI
Trip"o*li, n. (Min.)
Definition: An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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