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.
SAGACIOUS
sagacious
(adjective) skillful in statecraft or management; “an astute and sagacious statesman”
perspicacious, sagacious, sapient
(adjective) acutely insightful and wise; “much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument”; “observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions”; “a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sagacious (comparative more sagacious, superlative most sagacious)
Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
Synonyms
• frood
Source: Wiktionary
Sa*ga"cious, a. Etym: [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Presage.]
1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. Sagacious of his quarry from so far. Milton.
2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark. Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension. Dr. H. More. Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions. Locke.
Syn.
– See Shrewd.
– Sa*ga"cious*ly, adv.
– Sa-ga"cious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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