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.
DIVELLICATED
Verb
divellicated
simple past tense and past participle of divellicate
Adjective
divellicated (comparative more divellicated, superlative most divellicated)
Torn apart.
[…] the interior membranes were so divellicated, that the os or bone very plainly appeared through the aperture of the vulnus or wound.
Source: Wiktionary
DIVELLICATE
Di*vel"li*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. di- = vellicatus, p. p. of vellicare to pluck, fr. vellere to pull.]
Definition: To pull in pieces. [Obs. or R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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