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.
LIBRATE
librate
(verb) vibrate before coming to a total rest; “the children’s swing librated”
weigh, librate
(verb) determine the weight of; “The butcher weighed the chicken”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
librate (plural librates)
(obsolete) A piece of land having a value of one pound per year
Verb
librate (third-person singular simple present librates, present participle librating, simple past and past participle librated)
(intransitive) To oscillate (like the beam of a balance)
(transitive) To poise; to balance.
Anagrams
• altbier, betrail, tablier, triable, trilabe
Source: Wiktionary
Li"brate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Librated p. pr. & & vb. n. Librating.] Etym: [L. libratus, p. p. of librare to balance, to make even, fr. libra.Cf. Level, Deliberate, Equilibrium.]
Definition: To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised. Their parts all liberate on too nice a beam. Clifton.
Li"brate, v. i.
Definition: To poise; to balance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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