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.
INTERMITTENTLY
intermittently
(adverb) in an intermittent manner; “intermittently we questioned the barometer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
intermittently (not comparable)
Stopping or starting at intervals.
Synonyms
• flakily, sporadically, unreliably; see also discontinuously
Source: Wiktionary
In`ter*mit"tent*ly, adv.
Definition: With intermissions; in an intermittent manner; intermittingly.
INTERMITTENT
In`ter*mit"tent, a. Etym: [L. intermittens, -entis, p. pr. of intermittere: cf. F. intermittent.]
Definition: Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent; periodic; as, an intermittent fever. Boyle. Intermittent fever (Med.), a disease with fever which recurs at certain intervals; -- applied particularly to fever and ague. See Fever.
– Intermittent gearing (Mach.), gearing which receives, or produces, intermittent motion.
– Intermittent springs, springs which flow at intervals, not apparently dependent upon rain or drought. They probably owe their intermittent action to their being connected with natural reservoirs in hills or mountains by passages having the form of a siphon, the water beginning to flow when it has accumulated so as to fill the upper part of the siphon, and ceasing when, by running through it, it has fallen below the orifice of the upper part of the siphon in the reservoir.
In`ter*mit"tent, n. (Med.)
Definition: An intermittent fever or disease. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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