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.
BACULITE
Etymology
Noun
baculite (plural baculites)
(paleontology) Any of the extinct genus Baculites of cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.
Source: Wiktionary
Bac"u*lite, n. Etym: [L. baculune stick, staff; cf. F. baculite.] (Paleon.)
Definition: A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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