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.
SOOTIER
SOOTY
jet, coal-black, jet-black, pitchy, sooty
(adjective) of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
sooty
(adjective) covered with or as if with soot; “a sooty chimney”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
sootier
comparative form of sooty
Source: Wiktionary
SOOTY
Soot"y, a. [Compar Sootier; superl. Sootiest.] Etym: [AS. s. See Soot.]
1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. "Fire of sooty coal." Milton.
2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. "The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron." Milton. Sooty albatross (Zoöl.), an albatross (Phoebetria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also nellie.
– Sooty tern (Zoöl.), a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas.
Soot"y, v. t.
Definition: To black or foul with soot. [R.] Sootied with noisome smoke. Chapman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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