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.
DISHEVELLED
disheveled, dishevelled, frowzled, rumpled, tousled
(adjective) in disarray; extremely disorderly; “her clothing was disheveled”; “powder-smeared and frowzled”; “a rumpled unmade bed”; “a bed with tousled sheets”; “his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly”- Al Spiers
DISHEVEL
tousle, dishevel, tangle
(verb) disarrange or rumple; dishevel; “The strong wind tousled my hair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
dishevelled (comparative more dishevelled, superlative most dishevelled)
(of a person) With the hair uncombed.
Synonyms: messy, scraggly, tousled, unkempt, untidy
(by extension) Disorderly or untidy in appearance.
Synonym: untidy
Verb
dishevelled
simple past tense and past participle of dishevel
Source: Wiktionary
DISHEVEL
Di*shev"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disheveled or Dishevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheveling or Dishevelling.] Etym: [OF. descheveler, F. décheveler, LL. discapillare; dis- + L. capillus the hair of the head. See Capillary.]
1. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle. With garments rent and hair disheveled, Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. Spenser.
2. To spread loosely or disorderly. Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind. Cowper.
Di*shev"el, v. i.
Definition: To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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