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.
FERTILISE
inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
(verb) introduce semen into (a female)
fertilize, fertilise, feed
(verb) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; “We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants”
fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
(verb) make fertile or productive; “The course fertilized her imagination”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
fertilise (third-person singular simple present fertilises, present participle fertilising, simple past and past participle fertilised)
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fertilize.
Source: Wiktionary
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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