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.
LAVISH
lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
(adjective) very generous; “distributed gifts with a lavish hand”; “the critics were lavish in their praise”; “a munificent gift”; “his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent”; “prodigal praise”; “unsparing generosity”; “his unstinted devotion”; “called for unstinting aid to Britain”
lavish, lucullan, plush, plushy
(adjective) characterized by extravagance and profusion; “a lavish buffet”; “a lucullan feast”
lavish, shower
(verb) expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; “He was showered with praise”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
lavish (comparative lavisher or more lavish, superlative lavishest or most lavish)
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
Superabundant; excessive
Synonyms
• (expending profusely): profuse, prodigal, wasteful, extravagant, exuberant, immoderate
• See also prodigal
Verb
lavish (third-person singular simple present lavishes, present participle lavishing, simple past and past participle lavished)
(transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
(transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.
Anagrams
• Vishal
Source: Wiktionary
Lav"ish, a. Etym: [Akin to E. lave to lade out; cf. AS. gelafian to refresh, G. laben.]
1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits. Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. Shak.
Syn.
– Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant; immoderate. See Profuse.
Lav"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lavished; p. pr. & vb. n. Lavishing.]
Definition: To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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