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.
WULFENITE
wulfenite
(noun) a yellow to orange or brown mineral used as a molybdenum ore
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wulfenite (countable and uncountable, plural wulfenites)
(mineral) An orange mineral, lead molybdate, PbMoO4, found in lead veins.
Source: Wiktionary
Wul"fen*ite, n. Etym: [So named after F. X. Wulfen, an Australian mineralogist.] (Min.)
Definition: Native lead molybdate occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually tabular, and of a bright orange-yellow to red, gray, or brown color;
– also called yellow lead ore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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