Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
VERNANT
Etymology
Adjective
vernant (comparative more vernant, superlative most vernant)
(obsolete) Flourishing, as in spring; vernal.
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"nant, a. Etym: [L. vernans, p. pr. vernare to flourish, from ver spring.]
Definition: Flourishing, as in spring; vernal. [Obs.] "Vernant flowers." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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