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.
DEMOUNTABLE
Etymology
Adjective
demountable (comparative more demountable, superlative most demountable)
Able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled
Synonym: detachable
(computing, of a hard drive, dated) Designed to be removed from the read mechanism.
Noun
demountable (plural demountables)
(Australia, colloquial) A temporary and portable building, especially a portable classroom in a school.
Source: Wiktionary
De*mount"a*ble, [See De-; Mount.]
Definition: Capable of being dismounted; -- said of a form of rim, for an automobile wheel, which can be removed with its tire from the wheel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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