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.
BATTAILOUS
Etymology
Adjective
battailous (comparative more battailous, superlative most battailous)
(obsolete) Warlike, battle-ready.
My wrath against thee for the orbed world.
Source: Wiktionary
Bat"tail*ous, a. Etym: [OF. bataillos, fr. bataille. See Battle, n.]
Definition: Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike. [Obs.] "In battailous aspect." Milton.
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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