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.
MASCULINE
masculine
(adjective) associated with men and not with women
masculine
(adjective) of grammatical gender
masculine
(adjective) (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; “a masculine cadence”; “the masculine rhyme of ‘annoy, enjoy’”
masculine
(noun) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
masculine (comparative more masculine, superlative most masculine)
Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
Synonym: male
Antonyms: female, womanly
Belonging to males; typically used by males.
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
Synonyms: manly, virile
Antonyms: effeminate, emasculated, epicene, unmanly
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
(of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
(of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.
Coordinate terms: feminine, neuter
Noun
masculine (plural masculines)
(grammar) The masculine gender.
(grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
That which is masculine.
(rare, possibly obsolete) A man.
Anagrams
• calumnies, manicules, semuncial
Source: Wiktionary
Mas"cu*line, a. Etym: [L. masculinus, fr. masculus male, manly, dim. of mas a male: cf. F. masculin. See Male masculine.]
1. Of the male sex; not female. Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons. Chaucer.
2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust. That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy. Hallam.
3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males. [R.] "A masculine church." Fuller.
4. (Gram.)
Definition: Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.
– Mas"cu*line*ly, adv.
– Mas"cu*line*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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