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.
FREQUENTATIVE
frequentative
(noun) a verb form that serves to express frequent repetition of an action
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
frequentative (not comparable)
(grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action.
Noun
frequentative (plural frequentatives)
(grammar) Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.
Synonyms
• iterative
Source: Wiktionary
Fre*quent"a*tive, a. Etym: [L. frequentativus: cf. F. fréquentatif.] (Gram.)
Definition: Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb.
– n.
Definition: A frequentative verb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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