Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
RETENTIVE
retentive
(adjective) having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water; “soils retentive of moisture”
retentive, recollective, long, tenacious
(adjective) good at remembering; “a retentive mind”; “tenacious memory”
retentive
(adjective) having the capacity to retain something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
retentive (comparative more retentive, superlative most retentive)
Having power to retain
(slang, apocope) anal-retentive
Noun
retentive (plural retentives)
(obsolete) That which retains or confines; a restraint.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*ten"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. rétentif.]
Definition: Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory. Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. Shak.
Re*ten"tive, n.
Definition: That which retains or confines; a restraint. [R.] Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
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