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.
SYNDICATING
Verb
syndicating
present participle of syndicate
Source: Wiktionary
SYNDICATE
Syn"di*cate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. syndicat, LL. syndicatus.]
1. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics. Bp. Burnet.
2. An association of persons officially authorized to undertake some duty or to negotiate some business; also, an association of persons who combine to carry out, on their own account, a financial or industrial project; as, a syndicate of bankers formed to take up and dispose of an entire issue of government bonds.
Syn"di*cate, v. t. Etym: [LL. syndicatus, p.p. of syndicare to censure.]
Definition: To judge; to censure. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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