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.
CONVENTIONALISM
conventionality, convention, conventionalism
(noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
conventionalism (usually uncountable, plural conventionalisms)
(uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior
(countable, obsolete) A conventional act or constraint
(uncountable, philosophy) The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions
Source: Wiktionary
Con*ven"tion*al*ism, n.
1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage. All the artifice and conventionalism of life. Hawthorne. They gaze on all with dead, dim eyes, -- wrapped in conventionalisms, . . . simulating feelings according to a received standart. F. W. Robertson.
2. (Fine Arts)
Definition: The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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