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.
GAMETOPHYTE
gametophyte
(noun) the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gametophyte (plural gametophytes)
(botany) A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.
Source: Wiktionary
Ga*me"to*phyte, n. [Gamete + Gr. fyto`n plant.] (Bot.)
Definition: In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs. In the lower plants, as the algæ, the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small, early perishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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