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.
COGON
Etymology
Noun
cogon (countable and uncountable, plural cogons)
Any of several perennial rhizomatous grasses of genus Imperata, especially Imperata cylindrica.
Synonyms
• cogon grass, cogongrass (US), satintail, cotton wool grass, silver spike (southern Africa), speargrass (Nigeria), blady grass (Australia)
Anagrams
• Congo, congo
Source: Wiktionary
Co*gon", n. [Sp., prob. fr. a native name.]
Definition: A tall, coarse grass (Imperata arundinacea) of the Philippine Islands and adjacent countries, used for thatching.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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