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.
PLANGENTLY
Etymology
Adverb
plangently (comparative more plangently, superlative most plangently)
In a plangent manner: with a loud reverberating sound, or plaintively.
Source: Wiktionary
PLANGENT
Plan"gent, a. Etym: [L. plangens, -entis, fr. plangere to beat. See Plaint.]
Definition: Beating; dashing, as a wave. [R.] "The plangent wave." H. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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