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.
GLOAMING
twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle
(noun) the time of day immediately following sunset; “he loved the twilight”; “they finished before the fall of night”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gloaming (plural gloamings)
(poetry, Scotland, North England) Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.
(obsolete) Sullenness; melancholy.
Synonyms
• (twilight): crepuscule, glooming, vespers; see also twilight
• (melancholy): glooming, misery, sadness, sorrow, woe
Antonyms
• daytime, daylight, nighttime, darkness
Source: Wiktionary
Gloam"ing, n. Etym: [See Gloom.]
1. Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening. [Scot. & North of Eng., and in poetry.] Hogg.
2. Sullenness; melancholy. [Obs.] J. Still.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INDWELLING
(adjective) existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle; “an indwelling divinity”; “an indwelling goodness”
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