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.
CULTIVAR
cultivar
(noun) a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cultivar (plural cultivars)
A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species. [from 1923]
Hypernyms
• (cultivated variety of plant): cultigen, cultivar group, convariety
Anagrams
• curvital
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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