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.
clogged, clotted
(adjective) thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots); “clotted blood”; “seeds clogged together”
clog, clot
(verb) coalesce or unite in a mass; “Blood clots”
curdle, clabber, clot
(verb) turn into curds; “curdled milk”
clot, coagulate
(verb) change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; “coagulated blood”
clot, coagulate
(verb) cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clotted
simple past tense and past participle of clot
clotted (comparative more clotted, superlative most clotted)
Containing clots.
Coagulated
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Source: Wiktionary
Clot"ted, a.
Definition: Composed of clots or clods; having the quality or form of a clot; sticky; slimy; foul. "The clotted glebe." J. Philips. When lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion. Milton.
Clot, n. Etym: [OE. clot, clodde, clod; akin to D. kloot ball, G. kloss clod, dumpling, klotz block, Dan. klods, Sw. klot bowl, globe, klots block; cf. AS. clate bur. Cf. Clod, n., Clutter to clot.]
Definition: A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum. "Clots of pory gore." Addison. Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach. Bacon.
Note: Clod and clot appear to be radically the same word, and are so used by early writers; but in present use clod is applied to a mass of earth or the like, and clot to a concretion or coagulation of soft matter.
Clot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Clotting.]
Definition: To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a cot or clod.
Clot, v. t.
Definition: To form into a slimy mass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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.