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.
BALEFIRES
Noun
balefires
plural of balefire
Anagrams
• bas relief, bas-relief, basrelief
Source: Wiktionary
BALEFIRE
Bale"fire`, n. Etym: [AS. b the fire of the b fire, flame (akin to Icel. bal, OSlav. b, white, Gr. bright, white, Skr. bhala brightness) + f, E. fire.]
Definition: A signal fire; an alarm fire. Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide The glaring balefires blaze no more. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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