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.
CONEFLOWER
coneflower
(noun) any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center
coneflower
(noun) a wildflower of the genus Ratibida
coneflower
(noun) any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
coneflower (plural coneflowers)
Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.
Certain species of genus Isopogon, in order Proteales, principally of temperate Australia
Source: Wiktionary
Cone"flow`er, n.
Definition: Any plant of the genus Rudbeckia; -- so called from the cone- shaped disk of the flower head. Also, any plant of the related genera Ratibida and Brauneria, the latter usually known as purple coneflower.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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