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.
TRAMONTANE
tramontane, transmontane
(adjective) on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker); “the transmontane section of the state”; “tramontane winds”
tramontane
(adjective) being or coming from another country; “tramontane influences”
tramontane, tramontana
(noun) a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tramontane (comparative more tramontane, superlative most tramontane)
From the far side of the mountains (especially from North of the Alps)
foreign
a classical name for the north wind
Noun
tramontane (plural tramontanes)
One living beyond the mountains; a foreigner; a stranger.
Alternative form of tramontana
Source: Wiktionary
Tra*mon"tane, a. Etym: [OF. tramontain, It. tramontano, L. transmontanus; trans across, beyond + mons, montis, mountain.]
Definition: Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous.
Note: The Italians sometimes use this epithet for ultramontane, and apply it to the countries north of the Alps, as France and Germany, and especially to their ecclesiastics, jurists, painters, etc.; and a north wind is called a tramontane wind. The French lawyers call certain Italian canonists tramontane, or ultramontane, doctors; considering them as favoring too much the court of Rome. See Ultramontane.
Tra*mon"tane, n.
Definition: One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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