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.
TEENING
Verb
teening
present participle of teen
Source: Wiktionary
TEEN
Teen, n. Etym: [OE. tene, AS. teĂłna reproach, wrong, fr. teĂłn to accuse; akin to G. zeihen, Goth. gateihan to tell, announce, L. dicere to say. See Token.]
Definition: Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. [Archaic] Chaucer. Spenser. With public toil and private teen Thou sank'st alone. M. Arnold.
Teen, v. t. Etym: [AS. teĂłnian, t, to slander, vex. *64. See Teen, n.]
Definition: To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Teen, v. t. Etym: [See Tine to shut.]
Definition: To hedge or fence in; to inclose. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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