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.
PELLETED
Verb
pelleted
simple past tense and past participle of pellet
Adjective
pelleted (not comparable)
Formed into pellets
Source: Wiktionary
Pel"let*ed, a.
Definition: Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets. [R.] "This pelleted storm." Shak.
PELLET
Pel"let, n. Etym: [F. pelote, LL. pelota, pilota, fr. L. pila a ball. Cf. Platoon.]
1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax .
2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obs.] Bacon. As swift as a pellet out of a gun. Chaucer. Pellet molding (Arch.), a narrow band ornamented with smalt, flat disks.
Pel"let, v.
Definition: To form into small balls. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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