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.
MARRED
marred, scarred
(adjective) blemished by injury or rough wear; “the scarred piano bench”; “walls marred by graffiti”
MAR
mutilate, mar
(verb) destroy or injure severely; “mutilated bodies”
mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
(verb) make imperfect; “nothing marred her beauty”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
marred (comparative more marred, superlative most marred)
(obsolete) Of a person, perplexed or troubled
(Yorkshire) Of a child, spoilt, cosseted, overly indulged
Verb
marred
simple past tense and past participle of mar
Source: Wiktionary
MAR
Mar, n.
Definition: A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.]
Mar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (märd); p. pr. & vb. n. Marring.] Etym: [OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian, OHG. marrjan, merran; cf. D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf. Moor, v.]
1. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface. I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks. Shak. But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost. Dryden. Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage. Milton.
2. To spoil; to ruin. "It makes us, or it mars us." "Striving to mend, to mar the subject." Shak.
Mar, n.
Definition: A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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