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.
VACUOLES
Noun
vacuoles
plural of vacuole
Source: Wiktionary
VACUOLE
Vac"u*ole, n. Etym: [L. vacuus empty: cf. F. vacuole.] (Biol.)
Definition: A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm. Contractile vacuole. (Zoöl.) See under Contractile, and see Illusts. of Infusoria, and Lobosa.
– Food vacuole. (Zoöl.) See under Food, and see Illust. of Infusoria.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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