Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
VERVAINS
Noun
vervains
plural of vervain
Source: Wiktionary
VERVAIN
Ver"vain, n. Etym: [OE. verveine, F. verveine, fr. L. verbena, pl. verbenae sacred boughs of laurel, olive, or myrtle, a class of plants; cf. verbenaca vervain. Cf. Verbena.] (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of the genus Verbena. Vervain mallow (Bot.), a species of mallow (Malva Alcea) with rose-colored flowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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