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.
AIRLIFT
airlift, lift
(noun) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
airlift, lift
(verb) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; “Food is airlifted into Bosnia”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
airlift (plural airlifts)
The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.
Such a flight.
(archaeology) A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.
Verb
airlift (third-person singular simple present airlifts, present participle airlifting, simple past and past participle airlifted)
(transitive) To transport (troops etc) in an airlift.
Source: Wiktionary
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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