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.
BARBARIC
barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild
(adjective) without civilizing influences; “barbarian invaders”; “barbaric practices”; “a savage people”; “fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient”-Margaret Meade; “wild tribes”
barbaric
(adjective) unrestrained and crudely rich; “barbaric use of color or ornament”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
barbaric (comparative more barbaric, superlative most barbaric)
of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth
Antonym: nonbarbaric
Source: Wiktionary
Bar*ba"ric, a. Etym: [L. barbaricus foreign, barbaric, Gr. .]
1. Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east. "Barbaric pearl and gold." Milton.
2. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement. "Wild, barbaric music." Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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