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.
BASELINE
baseline
(noun) the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases
baseline
(noun) an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared; “the established a baseline for the budget”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
baseline (plural baselines)
A line that is a base for measurement or for construction.
A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.
(typography) A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs.
Coordinate terms: beardline, midline, capline, topline
(tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play.
(engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference.
Hypernyms
• line
Verb
baseline (third-person singular simple present baselines, present participle baselining, simple past and past participle baselined)
(engineering, computing) To provide a baseline for measurement.
(tennis) To play from the baseline.
Anagrams
• Balinese, sabeline
Source: Wiktionary
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(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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