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.
OSTRACIZED
Verb
ostracized
simple past tense and past participle of ostracize
Adjective
ostracized (comparative more ostracized, superlative most ostracized)
Blackballed.
Banished by ostracism.
Anagrams
• Socratized, socratized
Source: Wiktionary
OSTRACIZE
Os"tra*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ostracized; p. pr. & vb. n. Ostracizing.] Etym: [Gr. Osseous, Oyster.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.)
Definition: To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens. Grote.
2. To banish from society; to put under the ban; to cast out from social, political, or private favor; as, he was ostracized by his former friends. Marvell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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