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.
FISSILE
fissile
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
fissionable, fissile
(adjective) capable of undergoing nuclear fission; “a fissionable nucleous”; “fissionable material”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
fissile (comparative more fissile, superlative most fissile)
Able to be split
(geology) Easily split along a grain
(physics) Capable of undergoing nuclear fission, especially by collision with a thermal neutron
Source: Wiktionary
Fis"sile, a. Etym: [L. fissilis, fr. fissus, p.p. of findere to split. See Fissure.]
Definition: Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals. This crystal is a pellucid, fissile stone. Sir I. Newton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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