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.
HEDDLED
Adjective
heddled (not comparable)
(of a loom, usually, in combination) That uses heddles.
Verb
heddled
simple past tense and past participle of heddle
Source: Wiktionary
HEDDLE
Hed"dle, n.; pl. Heddles. Etym: [Cf. Heald.] (Weaving)
Definition: One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.
Hed"dle, v. t.
Definition: To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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