Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
variscite (countable and uncountable, plural variscites)
A relatively rare hydrated aluminum phosphate mineral (AlPO4·2H2O), sometimes confused with turquoise.
Source: Wiktionary
Var"is*cite, n. Etym: [So called from Variscia in Germany.] (Min.)
Definition: An apple-green mineral occurring in reniform masses. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.