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.
DEVOID
barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent
(adjective) completely wanting or lacking; “writing barren of insight”; “young recruits destitute of experience”; “innocent of literary merit”; “the sentence was devoid of meaning”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
devoid (not comparable)
empty; having none of; completely without
Verb
devoid (third-person singular simple present devoids, present participle devoiding, simple past and past participle devoided)
(obsolete) To empty out; to remove.
Anagrams
• voddie, voided
Source: Wiktionary
De*void", v. t. Etym: [OE. devoiden to leave, OF. desvuidier, desvoidier, to empty out. See Void.]
Definition: To empty out; to remove.
De*void", a. Etym: [See Devoid, v. t.]
1. Void; empty; vacant. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Destitute; not in possession; -- with of; as, devoid of sense; devoid of pity or of pride.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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