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.
HOVEL
hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty
(noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hovel (plural hovels)
An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc, from the weather.
A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
Verb
hovel (third-person singular simple present hovels, present participle hoveling or hovelling, simple past and past participle hoveled or hovelled)
(transitive) To put in a hovel; to shelter.
(transitive) To construct a chimney so as to prevent smoking, by making two of the more exposed walls higher than the others, or making an opening on one side near the top.
Source: Wiktionary
Hov"el, n. Etym: [OE. hovel, hovil, prob. a dim. fr. AS. hof house; akin to D. & G. hof court, yard, Icel. hof temple; cf. Prov. E. hove to take shelter, heuf shelter, home.]
1. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. Brande & C.
2. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
3. (Porcelain Manuf.)
Definition: A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. Knight.
Hov"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoveled or Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoveling or Hovelling.]
Definition: To put in a hovel; to shelter. To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. Shak. The poor are hoveled and hustled together. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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