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.
BUSHES
Proper noun
Bushes
plural of Bush
Noun
bushes
plural of bush
Source: Wiktionary
BUSH
Bush, n. Etym: [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b, b, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether the LL. or G. form ibox a case. Cf. Ambush, Boscage, Bouquet, Box a case.]
1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.
Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush.
2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. Gascoigne.
3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.
4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. Shak.
5. (Hunting)
Definition: The tail, or brush, of a fox. To beat about the bush, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting.
– Bush bean (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus). See Bean, 1.
– Bush buck, or Bush goat (Zoöl.), a beautiful South African antelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species.
– Bush cat (Zoöl.), the serval. See Serval.
– Bush chat (Zoöl.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the Thrush family.
– Bush dog. (Zoöl.) See Potto.
– Bush hammer. See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary.
– Bush harrow (Agric.) See under Harrow.
– Bush hog (Zoöl.), a South African wild hog (Potamochoerus Africanus); -- called also bush pig, and water hog.
– Bush master (Zoöl.), a venomous snake (Lachesis mutus) of Guinea;
– called also surucucu.
– Bush pea (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.
– Bush shrike (Zoöl.), a bird of the genus Thamnophilus, and allied genera; -- called also batarg. Many species inhabit tropical America.
– Bush tit (Zoöl.), a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus, allied to the titmouse. P. minimus inhabits California.
Bush, v. i.
Definition: To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. "The bushing alders." Pope.
Bush, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bushed (p. pr. & vb.n. Bushing.]
1. To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.
2. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground.
Bush, n. Etym: [D. bus a box, akin to E. box; or F. boucher to plug.]
1. (Mech.)
Definition: A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor. Knight.
Note: In the larger machines, such a piece is called a box, particularly in the United States.
2. (Gun.)
Definition: A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. Farrow.
Bush, v. t.
Definition: To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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