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.
ROTED
Verb
roted
simple past tense and past participle of rote
Anagrams
• doter, orted, toder, trode
Source: Wiktionary
ROTE
Rote, n.
Definition: A root. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Rote, n. Etym: [OE. rote, probably of German origin; cf. MHG. rotte, OHG. rota, hrota, LL. chrotta. Cf. Crowd a kind of violin.] (Mus.)
Definition: A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy- gurdy. Well could he sing and play on a rote. Chaucer. extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds, and rotes. Sir W. Scott.
Rote, n. Etym: [Cf. Rut roaring.]
Definition: The noise produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the shore. See Rut.
Rote, n. Etym: [OF. rote, F. route, road, path. See Route, and cf. Rut a furrow, Routine.]
Definition: A frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules by rote. Swift. till he the first verse could [i. e., knew] all by rote. Chaucer. Thy love did read by rote, and could not spell. Shak.
Rote, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roting.]
Definition: To learn or repeat by rote. [Obs.] Shak.
Rote, v. i.
Definition: To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate. [Obs.] Z. Grey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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