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.
VIGNETTE
vignette
(noun) a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
vignette
(noun) a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
sketch, vignette
(noun) a brief literary description
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vignette (plural vignettes)
(architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
(printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
Coordinate terms: colophon, coronis
(by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
(by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
Synonyms: account, anecdote, depiction, portrayal, representation
(philately) The central pictorial image on a postage stamp.
(photography) The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, to produce an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.
(automotive) A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.
Verb
vignette (third-person singular simple present vignettes, present participle vignetting, simple past and past participle vignetted)
To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.
Source: Wiktionary
Vi*gnette", n. Etym: [F. vignette, fr. vigne a vine. See Vine, and cf. Vinette.]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
2. A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
Vi*gnette", v. t.
Definition: To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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