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.
zymogens
plural of zymogen
Source: Wiktionary
Zym"o*gen, n. Etym: [Zyme + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselves actual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment. The pancreas contains but little ready-made ferment, though there is present in it a body, zymogen, which gives birth to the ferment. Foster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 February 2023
(adjective) (of societies or families) having a female as the family head or having descent traced through the female line
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.