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.
DISADVANCE
Etymology
Verb
disadvance (third-person singular simple present disadvances, present participle disadvancing, simple past and past participle disadvanced)
(obsolete, transitive) To draw back, pull back. [14th-17th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`ad*vance" (; 61), v. t. & i. Etym: [Pref. dis- + advance: cf. OF. desavancier.]
Definition: To draw back, or cause to draw back. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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