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.
ENDORSED
Verb
endorsed
simple past tense and past participle of endorse
Adjective
endorsed (not comparable)
(heraldry) Flanked by endorses.
Usage notes
Only a pale may be endorsed. When other ordinaries are flanked by diminutive forms, the term cottised is used.
Anagrams
• rednosed
Source: Wiktionary
ENDORSE
En*dorse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endorsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Endorsing.] Etym: [Formerly endosse, fr. F. endosser to put on the back, to endorse; pref. en- (L. in) + dos back, L. dorsum. See Dorsal, and cf. Indorse.]
Definition: Same as Indorse.
Note: Both endorse and indorse are used by good writers; but the tendency is to the more general use of indorse and its derivatives indorsee, indorser, and indorsement.
En*dorse", n. (Her.)
Definition: A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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