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.
SUBCONTRARIES
Noun
subcontraries
plural of subcontrary
Source: Wiktionary
SUBCONTRARY
Sub*con"tra*ry, a.
1. Contrary in an inferior degree.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel. Brande & C.
3. (Logic)
Definition: Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false.
Sub*con"tra*ry, n.; pl. Subcontraries (. (Logic)
Definition: A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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