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.
DENDRITE
dendrite
(noun) short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dendrite (plural dendrites)
(cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.
(cytology) Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system.
(crystallography, metallurgy) Tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes
A hermit who lived in a tree
Anagrams
• dirtened, tindered
Source: Wiktionary
Den"drite, n. Etym: [Gr. dendrite.] (Min.)
Definition: A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold or silver; an arborization.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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