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.
CALCIFIED
CALCIFY
calcify
(verb) convert into lime; “the salts calcified the rock”
calcify
(verb) turn into lime; become calcified; “The rock calcified over the centuries”
calcify
(verb) become impregnated with calcium salts
calcify
(verb) become inflexible and unchanging; “Old folks can calcify”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
calcified
simple past tense and past participle of calcify
Adjective
calcified (comparative more calcified, superlative most calcified)
Hardened from the deposit of calcium salts.
Made unchanging or inflexible.
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"ci*fied, a.
Definition: Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.
CALCIFY
Cal"ci*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calcified; p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying.] Etym: [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.]
Definition: To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
Cal"ci*fy, v. i.
Definition: To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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