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.
WAILING
lamenting, wailing, wailful
(adjective) vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; “lamenting sinners”; “wailing mourners”; “the wailing wind”; “wailful bagpipes”; “tangle her desires with wailful sonnets”- Shakespeare
wailing, bawling
(noun) loud cries made while weeping
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wailing (plural wailings)
A loud drawn out scream or howl.
Verb
wailing
present participle of wail
Source: Wiktionary
WAIL
Wail, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Icel. val choice, velja to choose, akin to Goth. waljan, G. wählen.]
Definition: To choose; to select. [Obs.] "Wailed wine and meats." Henryson.
Wail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wailing.] Etym: [OE. wailen, weilen, probably fr. Icel. væla; cf. Icel. væ, vei, woe, and E. wayment, also OE. wai, wei, woe. Cf. Woe.]
Definition: To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death. Shak.
Wail, v. i.
Definition: To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep. Therefore I will wail and howl. Micah i. 8.
Wail, n.
Definition: Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. "The wail of the forest." Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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