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.
ingenue
(noun) the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play
ingenue
(noun) an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage)
ingenue
(noun) an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ingenue (plural ingenues)
An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.
(theatre, film) A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role.
Hypernym: stock character
Coordinate terms: girl next door, femme fatale, damsel in distress
(rare) Misspelling of ingenu.
The corresponding masculine term, ingenu, is poorly known, and so the feminine term is sometimes used in a gender-neutral or masculine way. (See the 2002 citation, where the explicit masculine French is feminized in English.)
• Guienne, eugenin, genuine, unigene
Source: Wiktionary
In`gé`nue" (aN`zhay`nus"), n.; pl. -nues (#). [F., fem. of ingénu ingenious.]
Definition: An ingenuous or naïve girl or young woman, or an actress representing such a person.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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.