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.
TWINKLE
sparkle, twinkle, spark, light
(noun) merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; “he had a sparkle in his eye”; “there’s a perpetual twinkle in his eyes”
twinkle, scintillation, sparkling
(noun) a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle
(verb) gleam or glow intermittently; “The lights were flashing”
twinkle, winkle, scintillate
(verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; “Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
twinkle (third-person singular simple present twinkles, present participle twinkling, simple past and past participle twinkled)
(of a source of light) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer
(chiefly, of eyes) to be bright with delight
Synonym: sparkle
to bat, blink or wink the eyes
to flit to and fro
Synonyms
• glimmer
• scintillate
• wink
Noun
twinkle (plural twinkles)
a sparkle or glimmer of light
a sparkle of delight in the eyes.
a flitting movement
(colloquial) A brief moment; a twinkling.
(childish) The female genitalia.
Source: Wiktionary
Twin"kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling.] Etym: [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch.]
1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. The owl fell a moping and twinkling. L' Estrange.
2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate. These stars not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures. Sir I. Newton. The western sky twinkled with stars. Sir W. Scott.
Twin"kle, n.
1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye. Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye, The damsel broke his misintended dart. Spenser.
2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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