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.
TRYST
assignation, tryst
(noun) a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
tryst, rendezvous
(noun) a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tryst (plural trysts)
A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.
(obsolete) A mutual agreement, a covenant.
Verb
tryst (third-person singular simple present trysts, present participle trysting, simple past and past participle trysted)
(intransitive) To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place.
(transitive) To arrange or appoint (a meeting time etc.).
(intransitive) To keep a tryst, to meet at an agreed place and time.
Anagrams
• RTTYs
Source: Wiktionary
Tryst, n. Etym: [OE. trist, tryst, a variant of trust; cf. Icel. treysta to make trusty, fr. traust confidence, security. See Trust, n.]
1. Trust. [Obs.]
2. An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst. [Scot. or Poetic] To bide tryst, to wait, at the appointed time, for one with whom a tryst or engagement is made; to keep an engagement or appointment. The tenderest-hearted maid That ever bided tryst at village stile. Tennyson.
Tryst, v. t. Etym: [OE. tristen, trysten. See Tryst, n.]
1. To trust. [Obs.]
2. To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an appointment with. [Scot.] Burns.
Tryst, v. i.
Definition: To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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