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.
SPHACELATED
Verb
sphacelated
simple past tense and past participle of sphacelate
Source: Wiktionary
Sphac"e*late, Sphac"e*la`ted, a. (Med.)
Definition: Affected with gangrene; mortified.
SPHACELATE
Sphac"e*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sphacelated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sphacelating.] Etym: [NL. sphacelare, sphacelatum, mortify: cf. F. sphacéler. See Sphacelus.] (Med.)
Definition: To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.
Sphac"e*late, v. t. (Med.)
Definition: To affect with gangrene.
Sphac"e*late, Sphac"e*la`ted, a. (Med.)
Definition: Affected with gangrene; mortified.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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