Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
YERSINIA
Etymology
Noun
yersinia (plural yersinias or yersiniae)
A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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