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.
CONSTANTINOPLE
Constantinople, First Council of Constantinople
(noun) the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed
Constantinople, Second Council of Constantinople
(noun) the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen’s writings to be heretic
Constantinople, Third Council of Constantinople
(noun) the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human
Constantinople, Fourth Council of Constantinople
(noun) the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches
Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople
(noun) the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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SUMMIT
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
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