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.
VACCINIUM
Vaccinium, genus Vaccinium
(noun) evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
vaccinium (plural vacciniums)
(botany) Any of the genus Vaccinium of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.
Source: Wiktionary
Vac*cin"i*um, n. Etym: [L., the blueberry, or whortleberry.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
19 April 2025
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”
Coffee Trivia
