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.
MINIATE
miniate, rubricate
(verb) decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; “In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated”
miniate
(verb) paint with red lead or vermilion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
miniate (comparative more miniate, superlative most miniate)
Of or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.
Verb
miniate (third-person singular simple present miniates, present participle miniating, simple past and past participle miniated)
To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion, or with red letters, as in a manuscript.
Anagrams
• intimae
Source: Wiktionary
Min"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Miniated; p. pr. & vb. n. Miniating.] Etym: [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See Minium.]
Definition: To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript. T. Wharton.
Min"i*ate, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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