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.
FEROCITY
ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness
(noun) the property of being wild or turbulent; “the storm’s violence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ferocity (countable and uncountable, plural ferocities)
The condition of being ferocious.
Synonyms
• fierceness
• furiousness
• fury
• vehemence
• violence
• wildness
Source: Wiktionary
Fe*roc"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. ferocitas, fr. ferox, -ocis, fierce, kin to ferus wild: cf. F. ferocité. See Fierce.]
Definition: Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance. The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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