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.
GOTHICISM
Etymology
Noun
Gothicism (countable and uncountable, plural Gothicisms)
The Gothic style in literature or architecture.
An early modern Swedish cultural movement glorifying the ancient Goths, who were thought to be the ancestors of the Swedish people.
Barbarism or rudeness of manners.
Synonyms
• Gothism
Source: Wiktionary
Goth"i*cism, n.
1. A Gothic idiom.
2. Conformity to the Gothic style of architecture.
3. Rudeness of manners; barbarousness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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