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.
FOSSAE
FOSSA
fossa, fossa cat, Cryptoprocta ferox
(noun) largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
Fossa, genus Fossa
(noun) monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
pit, fossa
(noun) a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fossae
plural of fossa
Source: Wiktionary
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