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.
MEGRIM
migraine, megrim, sick headache, hemicrania
(noun) a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
megrim (plural megrims)
(now rare) A headache; a migraine. [from 15th c.]
(now rare) A fancy, a whim, a caprice. [from 16th c.]
(in the plural) See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).
Etymology 2
Noun
megrim (plural megrims)
A type of European deep water flatfish, Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis; the whiff or sail-fluke.
Anagrams
• gimmer
Source: Wiktionary
Me"grim, n. Etym: [OE. migrim, migrene, F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. Hemi- and Cranium, and cf. Hemicrania, Migraine.]
1. A kind of sick or nevrous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head.
2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits. These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies. Ford.
3. pl. (Far.)
Definition: A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy. Youatt.
Me"grim, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
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