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.
NOMADIC
mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering
(adjective) migratory; “a restless mobile society”; “the nomadic habits of the Bedouins”; “believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future”; “wandering tribes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
nomadic (comparative more nomadic, superlative most nomadic)
Of or relating to nomads, whether
(anthropology) Of or related to itinerant herdsmen
(figuratively) Of or related to any habitually wandering person or animal
Synonyms
• (all): nomad
• (of or related to itinerant herdsmen): pastoral
• (habitually wandering): wandering, peripatetic, itinerant, itinerate, unsettled, vagabond, roving, drifting, roaming, wayfaring, vagrant, transient, rambling, peregrine, ambulatory, ambulant, erratic, errant, rootless, gypsy, floating, perambulatory, perambulant, discursive, meandering, ambling, footloose, prodigal
Anagrams
• coadmin, mandioc, monacid, monadic
Source: Wiktionary
No*mad"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Nomad.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe.
– No*mad"ic*al*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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