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.
PALATES
Noun
palates
plural of palate
Anagrams
• paletas, patelas, sæptal
Source: Wiktionary
PALATE
Pal"ate, n. Etym: [L. palatum: cf. F. palais, Of. also palat.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The roof of the mouth.
Note: The fixed portion, or palate proper, supported by the maxillary and palatine bones, is called the hard palate to distinguish it from the membranous and muscular curtain which separates the cavity of the mouth from the pharynx and is called the soft palate, or velum.
2. Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste. Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests. Pope.
3. Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste. T. Baker.
4. (Bot.)
Definition: A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
Pal"ate, v. t.
Definition: To perceive by the taste. [Obs.] Shak.
PALATE
Pal"ate, n. Etym: [L. palatum: cf. F. palais, Of. also palat.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The roof of the mouth.
Note: The fixed portion, or palate proper, supported by the maxillary and palatine bones, is called the hard palate to distinguish it from the membranous and muscular curtain which separates the cavity of the mouth from the pharynx and is called the soft palate, or velum.
2. Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste. Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests. Pope.
3. Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste. T. Baker.
4. (Bot.)
Definition: A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
Pal"ate, v. t.
Definition: To perceive by the taste. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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