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.
GEOPHILIC
Etymology
Adjective
geophilic (comparative more geophilic, superlative most geophilic)
(zoology) Spending all or a stage of the life cycle underground; exhibiting geophily.
(botany) Fruiting and/or flowering at or below ground level; exhibiting geophily.
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GLASSY
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
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