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.
PODS
Noun
pods
plural of pod
Verb
pods
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pod
Anagrams
• DPOs, PDOs, SPOD, dops, spod
Noun
PODs
plural of POD
Anagrams
• DPOs, PDOs, SPOD, dops, spod
Source: Wiktionary
POD
-pod. Etym: [See Foot.]
Definition: A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
Pod, n. Etym: [Probably akin to pudding, and perhaps the same word as pad a cushion; cf. also Dan. pude pillow, cushion, and also E. cod a husk, pod.]
1. A bag; a pouch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals. Pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.
Pod, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Podded; p. pr. & vb. n. Podding.]
Definition: To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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