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.
SOURNESS
sulkiness, sullenness, moroseness, sourness
(noun) a sullen moody resentful disposition
sourness, sour, acidity
(noun) the property of being acidic
sour, sourness, tartness
(noun) the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sourness (countable and uncountable, plural sournesses)
The quality or condition of being sour, usually said of human personalities.
Anagrams
• sunroses
Source: Wiktionary
Sour"ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being sour.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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