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.
LOAM
loam
(noun) a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
loam (countable and uncountable, plural loams)
(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
(metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.
Verb
loam (third-person singular simple present loams, present participle loaming, simple past and past participle loamed)
To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
Adjective
loam (not comparable)
Made of loam; consisting of loam.
Anagrams
• AMLO, LMAO, Malo, lmao, loma, malo, mola
Source: Wiktionary
Loam, n. Etym: [AS. lam; akin to D. leem, G. lehm, and E. lime. See 4th Lime.]
1. A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due. We wash a wall of loam; we labor in vain. Hooker.
2. (Founding)
Definition: A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern. Loam mold (Founding), a mold made with loam. See Loam, n., 2.
– Loam molding, the process or business of making loam molds. Loam plate, an iron plate upon which a section of a loam mold rests, or from which it is suspended.
– Loam work, loam molding or loam molds.
Loam, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Loaming.]
Definition: To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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