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.
DISEMBOGUE
Etymology
Verb
disembogue (third-person singular simple present disembogues, present participle disemboguing, simple past and past participle disembogued)
To come out into the open sea from a river etc.
(of a river or waters) To pour out, to debouch; to flow out through a narrow opening into a larger space.
Synonyms
• (come out into the open sea): debouch
• (pour out): debouch
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`em*bogue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembogued; p. pr. & vb. n. Disemboguing.] Etym: [Sp. desembocar; pref. des- (L. dis-) + embocar to put into the mouth, fr. en (L. in) + boca mouth, fr. L. bucca cheek. Cf. Debouch, Embogue.]
1. To pour out or discharge at the mouth, as a stream; to vent; to discharge into an ocean, a lake, etc. Rolling down, the steep Timavdisembogues his waves. Addison.
2. To eject; to cast forth. [R.] Swift.
Dis`em*bogue", v. i.
Definition: To become discharged; to flow put; to find vent; to pour out contents. Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue. Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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