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.
ARCHAEOPTERYX
archaeopteryx, archeopteryx, Archaeopteryx lithographica
(noun) extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
archaeopteryx (plural archaeopteryges)
Alternative spelling of archeopteryx
Source: Wiktionary
Ar`chæ*op"te*ryx, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)
Definition: A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebræ with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PARSEC
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
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