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.
ROUNCE
Etymology 1
Noun
rounce (plural rounces)
(printing) The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc, is run in under the platen and out again.
(printing) The whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.
Etymology 2
Noun
rounce (uncountable)
Alternative form of rams (“card game”)
Anagrams
• conure, ouncer
Source: Wiktionary
Rounce, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ronce bramble, brier, thorn, ranche a round, step, rack, or E. round.] (Print.)
Definition: The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; -- sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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