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.
OGRE
ogre
(noun) (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre
(noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ogre (plural ogres)
(mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
(figuratively) A brutish man reminiscent of the mythical ogre.
Anagrams
• Geor., Gero, Gore, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, gore, orge, rego
Proper noun
Ogre
A town in central Latvia
Anagrams
• Geor., Gero, Gore, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, gore, orge, rego
Source: Wiktionary
O"gre, n. Etym: [F., fr. Sp. ogro, fr. L. Orcus the god of the infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.]
Definition: An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster. His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den. Maccaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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