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.
CORNICE
cornice
(noun) the topmost projecting part of an entablature
cornice
(noun) a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall
cornice, valance, valance board, pelmet
(noun) a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
cornice
(verb) furnish with a cornice
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cornice (plural cornices)
(architecture) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.
A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding.
A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy.
(geography, mountaineering) An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies.
Synonym: snow cornice
Verb
cornice (third-person singular simple present cornices, present participle cornicing, simple past and past participle corniced)
(transitive) To furnish or decorate with a cornice.
Anagrams
• Creonic, crocein
Source: Wiktionary
Cor"nice (kr"ns), n. Etym: [F. corniche, It. cornice, LL. coronix, cornix, fr. L. coronis a curved line, a flourish with the pen at the end of a book or chapter, Gr. corona crown. sEE Crown, and cf. Coronis.] (Arch.)
Definition: Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house. Gwilt. Cornice ring, the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle ring.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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