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.
DURANCE
durance
(noun) imprisonment (especially for a long time)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
durance (countable and uncountable, plural durances)
(obsolete) Duration.
(obsolete) Endurance.
(archaic) Imprisonment; forced confinement.
Anagrams
• dauncer, unarced, uncared, unraced
Source: Wiktionary
Dur"ance, n. Etym: [OF. durance duration, fr. L. durans, -antis, p. pr. durare to endure, last. See Dure, and cf. Durant.]
1. Continuance; duration. See Endurance. [Archaic] Of how short durance was this new-made state! Dryden.
2. Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak. "Durance vile." Burns. In durance, exile, Bedlam or the mint. Pope.
3. (a) A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting. Where didst thou buy this buff let me not live but I will give thee a good suit of durance. J. Webster.
(b) In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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