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.
HAVOCKED
Verb
havocked
simple past tense and past participle of havoc
Source: Wiktionary
HAVOC
Hav"oc, n. Etym: [W. hafog devastation, havoc; or, if this be itself fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel or rapacious bird, or F. hai, voux! a cry to hounds.]
Definition: Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3. Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison.
Hav"oc, v. t.
Definition: To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste. To waste and havoc yonder world. Milton.
Hav"oc, interj. Etym: [See Havoc, n.]
Definition: A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. Toone. Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt With modest warrant. Shak. Cry 'havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war! Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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