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.
FICUS
Ficus, genus Ficus
(noun) large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ficus (plural ficuses)
(botany) A plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant.
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Source: Wiktionary
Fi"cus, n. Etym: [L., a fig.]
Definition: A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which (F. Carica) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree.
Note: Ficus Indica is the banyan tree; F. religiosa, the peepul tree; F. elastica, the India-rubber tree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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