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.
METRIFY
metricize, metricise, metrify, metricate
(verb) convert from a non-metric to the metric system
metrify
(verb) compose in poetic meter; “The bard metrified his poems very precisely”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
metrify (third-person singular simple present metrifies, present participle metrifying, simple past and past participle metrified)
To make verse.
(US, Canada) metricate
Source: Wiktionary
Met"ri*fy, v. i. Etym: [L. metrum meter + -fy: cf. F. métrifier.]
Definition: To make verse. [R.] Skelton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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