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.
DIT
dot, dit
(noun) the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
DIT (plural DITs)
Initialism of diet-induced thermogenesis.
Anagrams
• DTI, IDT, TDI, TID, it'd, tid
Etymology 1
Verb
dit (third-person singular simple present dits, present participle ditting, simple past and past participle ditted)
(UK dialectal, Northern England) To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).
(obsolete) To close up.
Etymology 2
Noun
dit (plural dits)
(archaic, rare) A ditty, a little melody.
(obsolete) A word; a decree.
Etymology 3
Imitative.
Noun
dit (plural dits)
The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.
Etymology 4
Shortening.
Noun
dit (plural dits)
(information theory) decimal digit
Etymology 5
Adjective
dit (not comparable)
(Canada, obsolete) Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French.
Anagrams
• DTI, IDT, TDI, TID, it'd, tid
Source: Wiktionary
Dit, n. Etym: [Ditty.]
1. A word; a decree. [Obs.]
2. A ditty; a song. [Obs.]
Dit, v. t. Etym: [AS. dyttan, akin to Icel. ditta.]
Definition: To close up. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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