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.
CROWNWORK
crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown, cap
(noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; “tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crownwork (plural crownworks)
A type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.
(dentistry) The addition of a crown.
Source: Wiktionary
Crown"work` (-wrk`), n. (Fort.)
Definition: A work consisting of two or more bastioned fronts, with their outworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead, etc., and connected by wings with the main work or the river bank.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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