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.
REGULATIVE
regulative, regulatory
(adjective) restricting according to rules or principles; “a regulatory gene”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
regulative
of, or relating to regulation
having a regulatory function
Source: Wiktionary
Reg"u*la*tive (rg"*l*tv), a.
1. Tending to regulate; regulating. Whewell.
2. (Metaph.)
Definition: Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty. Sir W. Hamilton.
Note: These terms are borrowed from Kant, and suggest the thought, allowed by Kant, that possibly these principles are only true for the human mind, the operations and belief of which they regulate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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