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.
BITT
bollard, bitt
(noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); “the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards”
bitt
(verb) secure with a bitt; “bitt the ship line”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
bitt (plural bitts)
(nautical) The bitts.
(nautical) A bollard.
Verb
bitt (third-person singular simple present bitts, present participle bitting, simple past and past participle bitted)
(nautical, transitive) To put round the bitts.
Source: Wiktionary
Bitt, n. (Naut.)
Definition: See Bitts.
Bitt, v. t. Etym: [See Bitts.] (Naut.)
Definition: To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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