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.
ATTOLLENT
Etymology
Adjective
attollent (not comparable)
(obsolete) Lifting up; raising.
Source: Wiktionary
At*tol"lent, a. Etym: [L. attollens, p. pr. of attollere; ad + tollere to lift.]
Definition: Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle. Derham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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