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.
CLOAKED
cloaked, clothed, draped, mantled, wrapped
(adjective) covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; “leaf-clothed trees”; “fog-cloaked meadows”; “a beam draped with cobwebs”; “cloud-wrapped peaks”
cloaked, disguised, masked
(adjective) having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading; “hidden agenda”; “masked threat”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
cloaked (not comparable)
Wearing a cloak.
Covered, hidden, disguised.
Verb
cloaked
simple past tense and past participle of cloak
Anagrams
• decloak
Source: Wiktionary
CLOAK
Cloak (; 110), n. Etym: [Of. cloque cloak (from the bell-like shape), bell, F. cloche bell; perh. of Celtik origin and the same word as E. clock. See 1st Clock.]
1. A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.
2. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover. No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak. South. Cloak bag, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau. Shak.
Cloak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Cloaking.]
Definition: To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal. Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. Spenser.
Syn.
– See Palliate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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