There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
ABSTINENT
abstinent, abstentious
(adjective) self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; “not totally abstinent but abstemious”
abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker
(noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
abstinent (comparative more abstinent, superlative most abstinent)
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
Synonyms: abstemious, continent, temperate
Synonyms
• See also moderate
Etymology 2
Noun
abstinent (plural abstinents)
One who abstains; a faster. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(usually, capitalized, religion, historical) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence towards meat and sex.
Etymology
Noun
Abstinent (plural Abstinents)
(religion, historical) One of a religious sect that appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and practised abstinence from meat and sex.
Source: Wiktionary
Ab"sti*nent, a. Etym: [F. abstinent, L. abstinens, p. pr. of abstinere. See Abstain.]
Definition: Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. Beau. & Fl.
Ab"sti*nent, n.
1. One who abstains.
2. (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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