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.
HEPATIZE
Etymology
Verb
hepatize (third-person singular simple present hepatizes, present participle hepatizing, simple past and past participle hepatized)
(transitive) To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas).
(transitive) To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
(transitive) To convert into a substance resembling liver.
Anagrams
• aphetize
Source: Wiktionary
Hep"a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hepatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hepatizing.] Etym: [Gr. hepatite, and (for sense 2) F. hépatiser.]
1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas. On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized water. Barrow.
2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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