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.
COMPOSTURE
Etymology
Noun
composture (countable and uncountable, plural compostures)
Compost, composted manure.
(obsolete) A kind of plaster.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pos"ture, n. Etym: [L. compositura, -postura, a joining.]
Definition: Manure; compost. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RAREFACTION
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