Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
XENOGENESIS
Etymology
Noun
xenogenesis (plural xenogeneses)
A foreign origin or source.
(biology) The production of an offspring that is unlike either of its parents.
Synonyms
• (Of both definitions): xenogeny
• (Of the biological definition only): heterogenesis
Source: Wiktionary
Xen`o*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Gr. xe`nos a stranger + E. genesis.] (Biol.) (a) Same as Heterogenesis. (b) The fancied production of an organism of one kind by an organism of another. Huxley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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