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.
ELONGATE
elongate, elongated
(adjective) having notably more length than width; being long and slender; “an elongate tail tapering to a point”; “the old man’s gaunt and elongated frame”
linear, elongate
(adjective) (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
elongate, stretch
(verb) make long or longer by pulling and stretching; “stretch the fabric”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
elongate (third-person singular simple present elongates, present participle elongating, simple past and past participle elongated)
(transitive) To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.
Synonyms: extend, stretch
(intransitive) To become long or longer by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
(transitive, obsolete) To move to or place at a distance (from something).
(intransitive, obsolete) To depart to, or be at, a distance (from something); especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
Adjective
elongate (comparative more elongate, superlative most elongate)
Lengthened, extended, elongated; relatively long and slender.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
E*lon"gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elongated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating.] Etym: [LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See Long, a., and cf. Eloign.]
1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
2. To remove further off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
E*lon"gate, v. i.
Definition: To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]
E*lon"gate, a. Etym: [LL. elongatus.]
Definition: Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." Earle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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