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.
DELPHIN
Etymology
Adjective
Delphin (comparative more Delphin, superlative most Delphin)
Relating to the dauphin of France.
Etymology
Noun
delphin (uncountable)
(organic compound) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise.
Synonyms
• phocenin
Source: Wiktionary
Del"phin, Del"phine, a. Etym: [See Dauphin.]
Definition: Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini).
Del"phin, n. Etym: [L. delphinus a dolphin.] (Chem.)
Definition: A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TERNARY
(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”
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