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.
SPRAYING
spraying, crop-dusting
(noun) the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)
spraying
(noun) the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer
spray, spraying
(noun) a quantity of small objects flying through the air; “a spray of bullets”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
spraying
present participle of spray
Noun
spraying (plural sprayings)
The act by which something is sprayed.
Anagrams
• prayings, praysing
Source: Wiktionary
SPRAY
Spray, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. sprag. See Sprig.]
1. A small shoot or branch; a twig. Chaucer. The painted birds, companions of the spring, Hopping from spray, were heard to sing. Dryden.
2. A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray. And from the trees did lop the needless spray. Spenser.
3. (Founding) (a) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold. (b) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches. Knight. Spray drain (Agric.), a drain made by laying under earth the sprays or small branches of trees, which keep passages open.
Spray, n. Etym: [probably from a Dutch or Low German form akin to E. spread. See Spread, v. t.]
1. Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like.
2. (Med.) (a) A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer. (b) An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer. Spray condenser (Steam Engine) an injection condenser in which the steam is condensed by a spray of water which mingles with it.
Spray, v. t.
1. To let fall in the form of spray. [Poetic] M. Arnold.
2. To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
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