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.
SANDALLED
sandaled, sandalled
(adjective) shod with sandals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sandalled (not comparable)
Wearing a sandal or sandals.
Source: Wiktionary
SANDAL
San"dal, n.
Definition: Same as Sendal. Sails of silk and ropes of sandal. Longfellow.
San"dal, n.
Definition: Sandalwood. "Fans of sandal." Tennyson.
San"dal, n. Etym: [F. sandale, L. sandalium, Gr. sandal.] (a) A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper. (b) A kind of slipper. (c) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ERASE
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
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