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.
SIRED
Verb
sired
simple past tense and past participle of sire
Anagrams
• Desir, IDers, diers, dries, rides, rised, sider
Source: Wiktionary
SIRE
Sire, n. Etym: [F. sire, originally, an older person. See Sir.]
1. A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir. [Obs.] Pain and distress, sickness and ire, And melancholy that angry sire, Be of her palace senators. Rom. of R.
2. A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
3. A father; the head of a family; the husband. Jankin thet was our sire [i.e., husband]. Chaucer. And raise his issue, like a loving sire. Shak.
4. A creator; a maker; an author; an originator. [He] was the sire of an immortal strain. Shelley.
5. The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.
Note: Sire is often used in composition; as in grandsire, grandfather; great-grandsire, great-grandfather.
Sire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sired; p. pr. & vb. n. Siring.]
Definition: To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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