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.
OVERSTEP
transgress, trespass, overstep
(verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top
(verb) be superior or better than some standard; “She exceeded our expectations”; “She topped her performance of last year”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overstep (third-person singular simple present oversteps, present participle overstepping, simple past and past participle overstepped)
(transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward.
To move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front foot touches the ground.
Noun
overstep (uncountable)
A gait in which the hind foot touches ground in front of where the front foot touches the ground.
A movement in which one oversteps.
Anagrams
• overpets, step over, stepover
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*step", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstepped; p. pr. & vb. n. Overstepping.] Etym: [AS. ofersteppan.]
Definition: To step over or beyond; to transgress. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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