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.
DECEPTIVE
deceptive, misleading
(adjective) designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; “the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm”; “deliberately deceptive packaging”; “a misleading similarity”; “statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading”
deceptive, delusory
(adjective) causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; “deceptive calm”; “a delusory pleasure”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
deceptive (comparative more deceptive, superlative most deceptive)
Likely or attempting to deceive.
Synonym: misleading
Synonyms
• See also deceptive
Source: Wiktionary
De*cep"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. déceptif. See Deceive.]
Definition: Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes. Trench. Deceptive cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the subdominant, or in some foreign key, postponing the final close.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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