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.
CARUCAGE
Etymology
Noun
carucage (plural carucages)
(historical) A form of land taxation that replaced Danegeld in twelfth-century England.
(obsolete) The act of ploughing.
Source: Wiktionary
Car"u*cage, n. Etym: [LL. carrucagium (OF. charuage.), fr. LL. carruca plow, fr. L. carruca coach.]
1. (Old Eng. Law.)
Definition: A tax on every plow or plowland.
2. The act of plowing. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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