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.
SUPPRESSION
inhibition, suppression
(noun) (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling
(noun) forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; “the suppression of heresy”; “the quelling of the rebellion”; “the stifling of all dissent”
suppression, curtailment
(noun) the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; “a suppression of the newspaper”
suppression
(noun) the failure to develop some part or organ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
suppression (countable and uncountable, plural suppressions)
The act or instance of suppressing.
The state of being suppressed.
A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
(of an eye) A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia.
Source: Wiktionary
Sup*pres"sion, n. Etym: [L. suppressio: cf. F. suppression.]
1. The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.
2. (Med.)
Definition: Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion. Quain.
3. (Gram.)
Definition: Omission; as, the suppression of a word.
Syn.
– Overthrow; destruction; concealment; repression; detention; retention; obstruction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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