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.
FESTOONING
Verb
festooning
present participle of festoon
Noun
festooning (plural festoonings)
Material with which something is festooned.
The second tier of boxes, still with the red festoonings and the luxuriance of creeping vines, had, as its chief adornment, holly, laurel, and cypress trees of irregular height […]
Source: Wiktionary
FESTOON
Fes*toon", n. Etym: [F. feston (cf. Sp. feston, It. festone), prob. fr. L. festum festival. See Feast.]
1. A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.
2. (Arch. & Sculp.)
Definition: A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium.
Fes*toon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Festooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Festooning.]
Definition: To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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