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.
VIRESCENCE
Etymology
Noun
virescence (countable and uncountable, plural virescences)
The process of becoming green.
(biology) The abnormal development of green pigmentation in plants that are not normally green, like flowers and shoots. It may indicate phytoplasma infection.
Coordinate terms
• (becoming green): albescence (“becoming white”), erubescence (“becoming red”), nigrescence (“becoming black”)
Source: Wiktionary
Vi*res"cence, (Bot.)
Definition: The act or state of becoming green through the formation of chlorophyll.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NECESSITATE
(verb) require as useful, just, or proper; “It takes nerve to do what she did”; “success usually requires hard work”; “This job asks a lot of patience and skill”; “This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice”; “This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert”; “This intervention does not postulate a patient’s consent”
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