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.
DIATONIC
diatonic
(adjective) based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals
diatonic
(adjective) based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
diatonic (not comparable)
(music) Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major or natural minor scales.
Antonyms
• chromatic
Anagrams
• actinoid, dication, naticoid
Source: Wiktionary
Di`a*ton"ic, a. Etym: [L. diatonicus, diatonus, Gr. diatonique. See Tone.] (Mus.)
Definition: Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first. Diatonic scale (Mus.), a scale consisting of eight sounds with seven intervals, of which two are semitones and five are whole tones; a modern major or minor scale, as distinguished from the chromatic scale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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