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.
CODDLE
coddle
(verb) cook in nearly boiling water; ācoddle eggsā
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
(verb) treat with excessive indulgence; āgrandparents often pamper the childrenā; āLetās not mollycoddle our students!ā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
coddle (third-person singular simple present coddles, present participle coddling, simple past and past participle coddled)
(transitive) To treat gently or with great care.
(transitive) To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
(transitive) To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.
Synonyms
• (treat gently): cosset, pamper, posset, spoil; see also pamper
• (cook slowly): simmer
Noun
coddle (plural coddles)
An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.
(archaic) An effeminate person.
Anagrams
• codled
Source: Wiktionary
Cod"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Coddling.] Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. caddle to coax, spoil, fondle, and Cade, a. & v. t.] [Written also codle.]
1. To parboil, or soften by boiling. It [the guava fruit] may be coddled. Dampier.
2. To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper. How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas! Thackeray. He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation. Southey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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