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.
CHROMATOPHORE
Etymology
Noun
chromatophore (plural chromatophores)
A pigment-bearing cell or structure found in certain fish, reptiles, cephalopods, and other animals
Source: Wiktionary
Chro"ma*to*phore`, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: One of the granules of protoplasm, which in mass give color to the part of the plant containing them.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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