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.
CONSCRIPTED
Verb
conscripted
simple past tense and past participle of conscript
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CONSCRIPT
Con"script, a. Etym: [L. conscriptus, p.p. of conscribere to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See Scribe.]
Definition: Enrolled; written; registered. Conscript fathers (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with the "fathers" the body was called Patres et Conscripti; afterward all were called Patres conscripti.
Con"script, n.
Definition: One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor.
Con*script", v. t.
Definition: To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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