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.
ASSORT
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
(verb) arrange or order by classes or categories; “How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
assort (third-person singular simple present assorts, present participle assorting, simple past and past participle assorted)
(transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
(intransitive) To be of a kind with.
(intransitive) To be associated with; to consort with.
(transitive) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.
Anagrams
• Astors, Astros, roasts, sortsa
Source: Wiktionary
As*sort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Assorting.] Etym: [F. assortir; (L. ad) + sortir to cast or draw lots, to obtain by lot, L. sortiri, fr. sors, sortis, lot. See Sort.]
1. To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods.
Note: [Rarely applied to persons.] They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with whom they must associate. Burke.
2. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
As*sort", v. i.
Definition: To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place. Mitford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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