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.
COMFORTER
comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring
(noun) device used for an infant to suck or bite on
quilt, comforter, comfort, puff
(noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
reliever, allayer, comforter
(noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; “a reliever of anxiety”; “an allayer of fears”
sympathizer, sympathiser, comforter
(noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
comforter (plural comforters)
A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
Synonym: consoler
(US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
Synonyms: duvet, (continental) quilt
(dated, mostly, UK) A woollen scarf for winter.
(UK, NZ, AU) A pacifier.
Synonym: Thesaurus:pacifier
Anagrams
• recomfort
Etymology
Proper noun
Comforter
(Christianity) The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost.
Synonyms
• See Holy Spirit.
Anagrams
• recomfort
Source: Wiktionary
Com"fort*er, n.
1. One who administers comfort or consolation. Let no comforter delight mine ear But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine. Shak.
2. (Script.)
Definition: The Holy Spirit, -- reffering to his office of comforting believers. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things. John xiv. 26.
3. A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [U. S.] The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight. Pop. Sci. Monthly.
4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.] Job's comforter, a boil. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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