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.
FRO
Etymology 1
Adverb
fro (not comparable)
(archaic) From; away; back or backward.
Usage notes
In modern English, used only in the set phrase to and fro (“back and forth”).
Etymology 2
Noun
fro (plural fros)
(slang) Clipping of afro (hairstyle).
Anagrams
• FOR, ORF, for, for-, orf
Source: Wiktionary
Fro, adv. Etym: [OE. fra, fro, adv. & prep., Icel. fr, akin to Dan. fra from, E. from. See From.]
Definition: From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in oppositionto the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To and fro under To. Millon.
Fro, prep.
Definition: From. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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