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.
DIVULGE
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover
(verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; “The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold”; “The actress won’t reveal how old she is”; “bring out the truth”; “he broke the news to her”; “unwrap the evidence in the murder case”; “The newspaper uncovered the President’s illegal dealings”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
divulge (third-person singular simple present divulges, present participle divulging, simple past and past participle divulged)
(transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known
Synonym: disclose
To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
Synonyms
• bewray, bring out, uncover, disclose, discover, expose, give away, impart, let on, let out, reveal; see also divulge
Source: Wiktionary
Di*vulge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divulged; p. pr. & vb. n. Divulging.] Etym: [F. divulguer, L. divulgare; di- = dis- + vulgare to spread among the people, from vulgus the common people. See Vulgar.]
1. To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret. Divulge not such a love as mine. Cowper.
2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim. [R.] God . . . marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven. Milton.
3. To impart; to communicate. Which would not be To them [animals] made common and divulged. Milton.
Syn.
– To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal; communicate; impart; tell.
Di*vulge", v. i.
Definition: To become publicly known. [R.] "To keep it from divulging." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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