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.
BAGEL
bagel, beigel
(noun) (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bagel (plural bagels)
A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
(tennis, slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
(slang, ethnic slur, South Africa) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.
Synonyms
• (spoiled young Jewish man): JAP (US), kugel (South Africa)
Verb
bagel (third-person singular simple present bagels, present participle bagelling, simple past and past participle bagelled)
(tennis) To achieve a score of 6-0 in a tennis set.
(sports) To hold an opponent to a score of zero.
Anagrams
• Gable, Gebal, gabel, gable, galbe, gleba
Source: Wiktionary
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