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.
COHERENCE
coherence, coherency
(noun) logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts
coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness
(noun) the state of cohering or sticking together
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
coherence (countable and uncountable, plural coherences)
The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency.
A logical arrangement of parts, as in writing.
(physics, of waves) The property of having the same wavelength and phase.
(linguistics, translation studies) A semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.
Antonyms
• incoherence
Source: Wiktionary
Co*her"ence, Co*her"en*cy, n. Etym: [L. cohaerentia: cf. F. cohérence.]
1. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.
2. Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness. Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in him. Locke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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