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.
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EERIE
eerie, eery
(adjective) inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening; “an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods”; “an eerie midnight howl”
eerie
(adjective) suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; “an eerie feeling of deja vu”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
eeriest
superlative form of eerie: most eerie
Source: Wiktionary
EERIE
Ee"rie, Ee"ry, a. Etym: [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.]
1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. Tennyson.
2. Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns.
EERY
Ee"rie, Ee"ry, a. Etym: [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.]
1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. Tennyson.
2. Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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