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.
DISSEIZIN
Etymology
Noun
disseizin (countable and uncountable, plural disseizins)
(legal) The act of disseizing; an act of unlawful dispossessing, especially of someone's lands.
(figuratively) Dispossession.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*sei"zin, n. Etym: [OF. dessaisine.] (Law)
Definition: The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [Written also disseisin.] Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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