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.
GREGARINE
gregarine
(noun) vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gregarine (plural gregarines)
Any of various sporozoan protozoans that are parasitic in the digestive tracts of some invertebrates.
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Source: Wiktionary
Greg`a*ri"nae, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gregarina the typical genus, fr. L. gregarius. See Gregarious.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amoebiform; -- called also Gregarinida, and Gregarinaria.
Greg"a*rine, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Gregarinæ.
– n.
Definition: One of the Gregarinæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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