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.
SORTIES
Proper noun
Sorties
plural of Sortie
Anagrams
• restios, rosiest, rossite, sorites, stories, trioses
Noun
sorties
plural of sortie
Verb
sorties
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sortie
Anagrams
• restios, rosiest, rossite, sorites, stories, trioses
Source: Wiktionary
SORTIE
Sor"tie, n. Etym: [F., fr. sortir to go out, to issue, probably fr. L. sortus, for surrectus, p.p. of surgere to raise up, to rise up. See Source.] (Mil.)
Definition: The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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