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.
FILS
fils
(noun) a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
fils (not comparable)
Used after a proper name that is common to a father and his son to indicate that the son is being referred to rather than the father.
Usage notes
• Current usage of differentiating fathers and sons is borrowed from French; hence this term follows the name as it does in French grammar.
Antonyms
• père
Noun
fils (plural fils)
(rare) The son referred to in the manner of the adjective above.
Etymology 2
Noun
fils (plural fulus)
(numismatics) Subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries.
Anagrams
• silf
Noun
FILs
plural of FIL
Anagrams
• silf
Source: Wiktionary
Fils, n. [F., fr. L. filius. See Filial.]
Definition: Son; -- sometimes used after a French proper name to distinguish a son from his father, as, Alexandre Dumas, fils.
FIL
Fil, obs.
Definition: imp. of Fall, v. i. Fell. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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