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.
CANDLEHOLDER
Etymology
Noun
candleholder (plural candleholders)
A device for holding one or more lit candles
Hyponyms: candelabrum, candlestick, girandole
(historical) A person who holds a candle to assist another person who is working in dim light.
(dated, by extension) One who renders another slight assistance, or humours them.
Source: Wiktionary
Can"dle*hold`er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak.
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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