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.
WINDFLOWER
anemone, windflower
(noun) any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
windflower (plural windflowers)
An early spring flowering species of the family Ranunculaceae, Anemone nemorosa.
Synonyms
• wood anemone, European thimbleweed, smell fox
Source: Wiktionary
Wind"flow`er, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PLANTAIN
(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally
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