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.
TROCHUS
Etymology
Noun
trochus (plural trochuses or trochi)
(malacology) Any member of the genus Trochus, or more generally of the family Trochidae; in non-specialist usage, including species formerly classified in that family, particularly Tectus niloticus.
Hyponyms
• topshell
Anagrams
• crouths
Source: Wiktionary
Tro"chus, n.; pl. Trochi. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to Trochus and many allied genera of the family Trochidæ. Some of the species are called also topshells.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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