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.
WHILOM
Etymology
Adverb
whilom (not comparable)
(obsolete) While.
(dated) Once upon a time, formerly.
Synonyms
• (while)
• (formerly): beforehand, erenow; see also formerly
Adjective
whilom (not comparable)
(now literary) Former, sometime.
Synonyms
• (former): erstwhile, former, late, quondam, sometime; see also former
Conjunction
whilom
(now literary) While.
Synonyms
• See also while
Source: Wiktionary
Whi"lom, adv. Etym: [AS. hwilum, properly, at times, dative pl. of hwil; akin to G. weiland formerly, OHG. hwilm, See While, n.]
Definition: Formerly; once; of old; erewhile; at times. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser. Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, There was a duke that highte Theseus. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
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