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.
BIOBANK
Etymology
Noun
biobank (plural biobanks)
(biology) Any of several types of repository of biological material (e.g. seeds) or information (e.g. DNA).
Hyponym: cryobank
Verb
biobank (third-person singular simple present biobanks, present participle biobanking, simple past and past participle biobanked)
(biology, transitive) To store (biological material) in a biobank.
Source: Wiktionary
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