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.
MOIST
damp, dampish, moist
(adjective) slightly wet; “clothes damp with perspiration”; “a moist breeze”; “eyes moist with tears”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Moist
A surname.
Anagrams
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Etymology
Adjective
moist (comparative moister or more moist, superlative moistest or most moist)
Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp. [from 14th c.]
Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears. [from 14th c.]
Of weather, climate etc.: rainy, damp. [from 14th c.]
(science, historical) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterised by wetness. [from 14th c.]
(obsolete) Watery, liquid, fluid. [14th-17th c.]
(medicine) Characterised by the presence of pus, mucus etc. [from 14th c.]
(colloquial) Sexually lubricated (of the vagina); sexually aroused, turned on (of a woman). [from 20th c.]
Usage notes
Moist is mostly used for agreeable conditions while damp is mainly used for disagreeable conditions
• moist cake
• damp clothes
Synonyms
• (slightly wet): damp, thone/thoan (dialect); see also wet
• (tearful): dewy-eyed, misty, weepy, wet
• (rainy, damp): dank or see muggy
• (watery, liquid, fluid): liquidlike; see also fluidic
Verb
moist (third-person singular simple present moists, present participle moisting, simple past and past participle moisted)
(obsolete, transitive) To moisten.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Moist, a. Etym: [OE. moiste, OF. moiste, F. moite, fr. L. muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. Mucus, Mucid.]
1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. "Moist eyes." Shak.
2. Fresh, or new. [Obs.] "Shoes full moist and new." "A draught of moist and corny ale." Chaucer.
Moist, v. t.
Definition: To moisten. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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