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.
PLEACHING
Etymology
Noun
pleaching (uncountable)
gerund of pleach: an act of entwining or interweaving.
(horticulture) A technique of interweaving living and dead branches through a hedge for stock control; plashing.
Verb
pleaching
present participle of pleach
Source: Wiktionary
PLEACH
Pleach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleached (; p. pr. & vb. n. Pleaching.] Etym: [Cf. OF. plaissier to bend, and also F. plisser to plait, L. plicare, plicitum, to fold, lay, or wind together. Cf. Plash to pleach.]
Definition: To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock. "The pleached bower." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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