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.
PREDICATION
postulation, predication
(noun) (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
predication (countable and uncountable, plural predications)
A proclamation, announcement or preaching.
An assertion or affirmation.
(logic) The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition.
(computing) The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated.
Anagrams
• procidentia, prædiction
Source: Wiktionary
Pred`i*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. praedicatio: cf. F. prédication.]
1. The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion. Locke.
2. Preaching. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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