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.
BASSET
basset, basset hound
(noun) smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
basset, crop out
(verb) appear at the surface; “A seam of coal bassets”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
basset (countable and uncountable, plural bassets)
(geology) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
A basset hound.
(uncountable, card games) A card game resembling faro.
Verb
basset (third-person singular simple present bassets, present participle basseting, simple past and past participle basseted)
(geology, intransitive) To incline upward so as to appear at the surface.
Anagrams
• basest, bastes, beasts, esbats
Source: Wiktionary
Bas"set, n. Etym: [F. bassette, fr.It. bassetta. Cf. Basso.]
Definition: A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice. Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget Your piquet parties, and your dear basset. Rowe.
Bas"set, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. basset somewhat low, dim. of bas low.] (Geol.)
Definition: Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata. Lyell.
Bas"set, n. (Geol.)
Definition: The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
Bas"set, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Basseted; p. pr. & vb. n. Basseting.] (Geol.)
Definition: To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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