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.
DACTYL
digit, dactyl
(noun) a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
dactyl
(noun) a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dactyl (plural dactyls)
A poetical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.
Source: Wiktionary
Dac"tyl, n. Etym: [L. dactylus, Gr. Digit.]
1. (Pros.)
Definition: A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tëgmînê, E. mer"ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger. [Written also dactyle.]
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A finger or toe; a digit. (b) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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