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.
XANTHIUM
Xanthium, genus Xanthium
(noun) coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Xan"thi*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. xa`nqion a plant used for dyeing the hair yellow, said to be the Xanthium strumarium, from xanqo`s yellow.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of composite plants in which the scales of the involucre are united so as to form a kind of bur; cocklebur; clotbur.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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