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.
BISMER
Bi*smare", Bi*smer", n. Etym: [AS. bismer.]
Definition: Shame; abuse. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bis"mer, n.
1. A rule steelyard. [Scot.]
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The fifteen-spined (Gasterosteus spinachia).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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