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.
GRIPPER
Etymology
Noun
gripper (plural grippers)
A person or thing that grips something.
A cover on the handle of a bicycle, tool, etc, that makes it easier to grip.
(curling) A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice.
(rail transport, slang) A ticket collector.
(computing, GUI) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
Source: Wiktionary
Grip"per, n.
1. One who, or that which, grips or seizes.
2. pl.
Definition: In printing presses, the fingers or nippers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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