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.
APP
Etymology 1
Noun
app (plural apps)
(computing, mobile phones) An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
(military) application (use, purpose; not a computer program)
(education, informal) application (to a college etc.)
Hyponyms
• API app
• logic app
• function app
• killer app
• mobile app
• Web app
Etymology 2
Noun
app (plural apps)
(informal) appetizer
Etymology 3
Noun
app (plural apps)
(sports) an appearance in a game (e.g, a player with 10 apps in a season played 10 times)
Anagrams
• PAP, PPA, pap
Etymology 1
Noun
APP (plural APPs)
(nonstandard, common in China) Alternative form of app
Usage notes
This abbreviation is commonly code-mixed into the various Chinese languages spoken in Mainland China and nearby regions, where it is not pronounced as a single syllable but is instead pronounced letter by letter (/eɪ-pi-pi/) in the manner that acronyms are normally read in English, as is typical of short English words code-mixed into Chinese.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Noun
APP (countable and uncountable, plural APPs)
(countable, biochemistry, immunology) Initialism of acute-phase protein.
(countable, biochemistry, medicine) Initialism of amyloid precursor protein.
(uncountable) Initialism of ammonium polyphosphate.
Anagrams
• PAP, PPA, pap
Etymology 1
Noun
App pl (plural only)
Abbreviation of appeals.
Etymology 2
Noun
App (plural Apps)
(nonstandard, common in China) Alternative form of app
Anagrams
• PAP, PPA, pap
Source: Wiktionary
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