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.
ELECTROPHORESIS
electrophoresis, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis
(noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
electrophoresis (countable and uncountable, plural electrophoreses)
(electricity) the migration of electrically charged molecules through a medium under the influence of an electric field
(analytical chemistry) (biochemistry), a method for the separation and analysis of large molecules (such as proteins) by migrating a colloidal solution of them through a gel; gel electrophoresis
Source: Wiktionary
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RECALL
(verb) summon to return; “The ambassador was recalled to his country”; “The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession”
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