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.
CROSSBREEDING
miscegenation, crossbreeding, interbreeding
(noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing
(noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
crossbreeding
present participle of crossbreed
Noun
crossbreeding (countable and uncountable, plural crossbreedings)
The process, or the result of crossbreeding
Source: Wiktionary
CROSSBREED
Cross"breed` (-brd`), n.
1. A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualites of two parent varieties or stocks.
2. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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