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.
COUNTERCHANGED
Etymology
Adjective
counterchanged (not comparable)
exchanged
(heraldry) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually.
Source: Wiktionary
Coun`ter*changed" (-chnjd"), a.
1. Exchanged.
2. (Her.)
Definition: Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure.
COUNTERCHANGE
Coun`ter*change" (koun`tr-chnj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterchanged (-chnjd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterchanging.]
1. To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange.
2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2. With-elms, that counterchange the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. Tennyson.
Coun"ter*change` (koun"tr-chnj`), n.
Definition: Exchange; reciprocation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
14 January 2025
SUCH
(adjective) of so extreme a degree or extent; “such weeping”; “so much weeping”; “such a help”; “such grief”; “never dreamed of such beauty”
Coffee Trivia
