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.
HEADSPRING
fountainhead, headspring, head
(noun) the source of water from which a stream arises; “they tracked him back toward the head of the stream”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
headspring (plural headsprings)
A fountainhead; a source.
(figurative) A basis or foundation.
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
Verb
headspring (third-person singular simple present headsprings, present participle headspringing, simple past and past participle headspringed)
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
Anagrams
• ring-shaped, springhead
Source: Wiktionary
Head"spring`, n.
Definition: Fountain; source. The headspring of our belief. Stapleton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
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