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.
SLIVERED
Verb
slivered
simple past tense and past participle of sliver
Anagrams
• delivers, delivres, desilver, silvered
Source: Wiktionary
SLIVER
Sliv"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slivered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slivering.] Etym: [See Slive, v. t.]
Definition: To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. Shak. They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. Sir W. Scott.
Sliv"er, n.
1. A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
2. A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.
3. pl.
Definition: Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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