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.
ORATIONS
Noun
orations
plural of oration
Anagrams
• Oristano, Torosian, Troianos
Source: Wiktionary
ORATION
O*ra"tion, n.Etym: [L. oratio, fr. orare to speak, utter, pray. See Oral, Orison.]
Definition: An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill. The lord archbishop . . . made a long oration. Bacon.
Syn.
– Address; speech. See Harangue.
O*ra"tion, v. i.
Definition: To deliver an oration. Donne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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