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.
ITERATE
iterate
(verb) run or be performed again; “the function iterates”
repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
(verb) to say, state, or perform again; “She kept reiterating her request”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
iterate (third-person singular simple present iterates, present participle iterating, simple past and past participle iterated)
(computing) to perform or repeat an action on each item in a set
(computing, mathematics) to perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action
(transitive, archaic) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat.
(design, ambitransitive) To repeat an activity, making incremental changes each time
Synonyms
• (to repeat): reiterate; see also reiterate
Noun
iterate (plural iterates)
(mathematics) a function that iterates
Adjective
iterate (not comparable)
(obsolete) Said or done again; repeated.
Synonyms
• See repeated
Anagrams
• ariette
Source: Wiktionary
It"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. iteratus, p. p. of iterare to repeat, fr. iterum again, prop. a compar. from the stem of is he, that; cf. L. ita so, item likewise, also, Skr. itara other, iti thus. Cf. Identity, Item.]
Definition: Uttered or done again; repeated. [Obs.] Bp. Gardiner.
It"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Iterated; p. pr. & vb. n. Iterating.]
Definition: To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat; as, to iterate advice. Nor Eve to iterate Her former trespass feared. Milton.
It"er*ate, adv.
Definition: By way of iteration.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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