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.
BRAUNITE
Etymology
Noun
braunite (countable and uncountable, plural braunites)
(mineral) A silicate mineral containing divalent and trivalent manganese and forming grey-black tetragonal crystals.
Anagrams
• burinate, urbanite
Source: Wiktionary
Braun"ite, n. (Min.)
Definition: A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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