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.
COVERTURE
Etymology
Noun
coverture (countable and uncountable, plural covertures)
(legal, historical) A common law doctrine developed in England during the Middle Ages, whereby a woman's legal existence, upon marriage, was subsumed by that of her husband, particularly with regard to ownership of property and protection.
Alternative spelling of couverture
Shelter, hiding place.
Source: Wiktionary
Cov"er*ture (kv"r-tr; 135), n. Etym: [OF. coverture,F.couverture.]
1. Covering; shelter; defence; hiding. Protected by walls or other like coverture. Woodward. Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. Shak.
2. (Law)
Definition: The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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