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.
BUND
Etymology 1
From bund.
Proper noun
The Bund
A waterfront area in central Shanghai.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
the Bund
A secular Jewish socialist party in the Russian Empire, active between 1897 and 1920.
Any related movements in other countries, such as the still-existing Australian Bund, etc..
Etymology 1
Noun
bund (plural bunds)
A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
Etymology 2
Noun
bund (plural bunds)
A secondary enclosure, typically consisting of a wall or berm, which surrounds a tank or fluid-handling mechanism, intended to contain any spills or leaks.
(India) A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding.
Verb
bund (third-person singular simple present bunds, present participle bunding, simple past and past participle bunded)
To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.
Source: Wiktionary
Bund, n. Etym: [G.]
Definition: League; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states.
Bund, n. Etym: [Hindi band.]
Definition: An embankment against inundation. [India] S. Wells Williams.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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