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.
DUCTED
Verb
ducted
simple past tense and past participle of duct
Adjective
ducted (comparative more ducted, superlative most ducted)
Fitted with a duct
Anagrams
• deduc't, deduct
Source: Wiktionary
DUCT
Duct, n. Etym: [L. ductus a leading, conducting, conduit, fr. ducere, ductum, to lead. See Duke, and cf. Douche.]
1. Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber.
Note: Ducts are classified, according to the character of the surface of their walls, or their structure, as annular, spiral, scalariform, etc.
4. Guidance; direction. [Obs.] Hammond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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