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.
TURBINATES
Noun
turbinates
plural of turbinate
Anagrams
• subnitrate, tribunates, tube trains
Source: Wiktionary
TURBINATE
Tur"bi*nate, v. i.
Definition: To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
Tur"bi*nate, Tur"bi*na`ted, a. Etym: [L. turbinatus, turbo, turben, - inis, a whirl, top.]
1. Whirling in the manner of a top. A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. Bentley.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.
3. (Anat.)
Definition: Turbinal.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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