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.
BARNING
Verb
barning
present participle of barn
Source: Wiktionary
BARN
Barn, n. Etym: [OE. bern, AS. berern, bern; bere barley + ern, ærn, a close place. Barley.]
Definition: A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables. Barn owl (Zoöl.), an owl of Europe and America (Aluco flammeus, or Strix flammea), which frequents barns and other buildings.
РBarn swallow (Zo̦l.), the common American swallow (Hirundo horreorum), which attaches its nest of mud to the beams and rafters of barns.
Barn, v. t.
Definition: To lay up in a barn. [Obs.] Shak. Men . . . often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain. Fuller.
Barn, n.
Definition: A child. [Obs.] See Bairn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
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