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.
AGRARIAN
agrarian, agricultural, farming
(adjective) relating to farming or agriculture; “an agrarian (or agricultural) society”; “farming communities”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
agrarian (comparative more agrarian, superlative most agrarian)
Of, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and cultivation of land.
Agricultural or rural.
(botany) wild; said of plants growing in a cultivated field.
Noun
agrarian (plural agrarians)
A person who advocates the political interests of working farmers
Source: Wiktionary
A*gra"ri*an, a. Etym: [L. agrarius, fr. ager field.]
1. Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to am equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens. His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an agrarian experiment. Burke.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.
A*gra"ri*an, n.
1. One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
2. An agrarian law. [R.] An equal agrarian is perpetual law. Harrington.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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