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.
BARRACOON
Etymology
Noun
barracoon (plural barracoons)
The temporary cage for slaves and indentured servants in the Louisiana Territory and French colonial Africa.
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• Carbonaro
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"ra*coon`, n. Etym: [Sp. or Pg. barraca. See Barrack.]
Definition: A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily. Du Chaillu.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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