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.
PEAT
peat
(noun) partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
peat (countable and uncountable, plural peats)
Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.]
Etymology 2
Noun
peat (plural peats)
(obsolete) A pet, a darling; a woman.
Anagrams
• PETA, Paet, Pate, Peta, epta-, pate, peta-, pâtĂ©, tape, tepa
Etymology
Proper noun
Peat
A surname.
Anagrams
• PETA, Paet, Pate, Peta, epta-, pate, peta-, pâtĂ©, tape, tepa
Source: Wiktionary
Peat, n. Etym: [Cf. Pet a fondling.]
Definition: A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [Obs.] Shak.
Peat, n. Etym: [Prob. for beat, prop., material used to make the fire burn better, fr. AS. b to better, mend (a fire), b advantage. See Better, Boot advantage.]
Definition: A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel. Peat bog, a bog containing peat; also, peat as it occurs in such places; peat moss.
– Peat moss. (a) The plants which, when decomposed, become peat. (b) A fen producing peat. (c) (Bot.) Moss of the genus Sphagnum, which often grows abundantly in boggy or peaty places.
– Peat reek, the reek or smoke of peat; hence, also, the peculiar flavor given to whisky by being distilled with peat as fuel. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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