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.
UTILITARIAN
utilitarian, useful
(adjective) having a useful function; “utilitarian steel tables”
utilitarian
(adjective) having utility often to the exclusion of values; “plain utilitarian kitchenware”
utilitarian
(noun) someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
utilitarian (comparative more utilitarian, superlative most utilitarian)
of or relating to utility
(ethics) pertaining to utilitarianism
practical and functional, present for use, not just for show.
Noun
utilitarian (plural utilitarians)
Someone who practices or advocates utilitarianism.
Source: Wiktionary
U*til`i*ta"ri*an, a. Etym: [See Utility.]
1. Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art.
2. Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society. J. S. Mill.
U*til`i*ta"ri*an, n.
Definition: One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism. The utilitarians are for merging all the particular virtues into one, and would substitute in their place the greatest usefulness, as the alone principle to which every question respecting the morality of actions should be referred. Chalmers. But what is a utilitarian Simply one who prefers the useful to the useless; and who does not Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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