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.
MINGLE
mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
(verb) to bring or combine together or with something else; “resourcefully he mingled music and dance”
mingle
(verb) get involved or mixed-up with; “He was about to mingle in an unpleasant affair”
jumble, mingle
(verb) be all mixed up or jumbled together; “His words jumbled”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
mingle (third-person singular simple present mingles, present participle mingling, simple past and past participle mingled)
(transitive) To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound.
(transitive) To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry.
(transitive) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
(transitive) To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
(transitive, obsolete) To put together; to join.
(intransitive) To become mixed or blended.
Noun
mingle (plural mingles)
(obsolete) A mixture.
Anagrams
• Leming
Proper noun
Mingle (plural Mingles)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mingle is the 18633rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1477 individuals. Mingle is most common among White (83.21%) and Black/African American (12.39%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Leming
Source: Wiktionary
Min"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mingling.] Etym: [From OE. mengen, AS. mengan; akin to D. & G. mengen, Icel. menga, also to E. among, and possibly to mix. Cf. Among, Mongrel.]
1. To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound. There was... fire mingled with the hail. Ex. ix. 24.
2. To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry. The holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands. Ezra ix. 2.
3. To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate. A mingled, imperfect virtue. Rogers.
4. To put together; to join. [Obs.] Shak.
5. To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of. [He] proceeded to mingle another draught. Hawthorne.
Min"gle, v. i.
Definition: To become mixed or blended.
Min"gle, n.
Definition: A mixture. [Obs.] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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