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.
PROXIMATE
proximate
(adjective) very close in space or time; “proximate words”; “proximate houses”
proximate
(adjective) closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects; “news of his proximate arrival”; “interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
proximate (not comparable)
Close or closest; adjacent.
(legal) Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation.
About to take place; impending.
Synonyms
• (close): near, nigh; see also near
• (about to take place): imminent, in the offing, pending; see also impending
Antonyms
• (close): distant, far; see also distant
• (w.r.t. causes): ultimate
Noun
proximate (plural proximates)
(linguistics) A grammatical marker in the Algonquian (and some other) languages for a principal third person.
Source: Wiktionary
Prox"i*mate, a. Etym: [L. proximatus, p. p. of proximare to come near, to approach, fr. proximus the nearest, nest, superl. of propior nearer, and prope, adv., near.]
Definition: Nearest; next immediately preceding or following. "Proximate ancestors." J. S. Harford. The proximate natural causes of it [the deluge]. T. Burnet. Proximate analysis (Chem.), an analysis which determines the proximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimate analysis.
– Proximate cause. (a) A cause which immediately precedes and produces the effect, as distinguished from the remote, mediate, or predisposing cause. I. Watts. (b) That which in ordinary natural sequence produces a specific result, no independent disturbing agencies intervening.
– Proximate principle (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of bodies existing ready formed in animal and vegetable tissues, and separable by chemical analysis, as albumin, sugar, collagen, fat, etc.
Syn.
– Nearest; next; closest; immediate; direct.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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