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.
POMP
pomp, eclat
(noun) ceremonial elegance and splendor; “entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses”
gaudery, pomp
(noun) cheap or pretentious or vain display
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pomp (countable and uncountable, plural pomps)
Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
Verb
pomp (third-person singular simple present pomps, present participle pomping, simple past and past participle pomped)
(obsolete) To make a pompous display; to conduct.
Source: Wiktionary
Pomp, n. Etym: [OE. pompe, F. pompe, L. pompa, fr. Gr. Pump a shoe.]
1. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. "All the pomps of a Roman triumph." Addison.
2. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
Syn.
– Display; parade; pageant; pageantry; splendor; state; magnificence; ostentation; grandeur; pride.
Pomp, v. i.
Definition: To make a pompons display; to conduct. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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