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.
HERB
herb
(noun) aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
herb, herbaceous plant
(noun) a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Herb
A diminutive of the male given name Herbert
Anagrams
• Behr, Hebr., breh, hreb
Etymology
Noun
herb (countable and uncountable, plural herbs)
(countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
(countable) A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
(uncountable, slang, euphemistic) Marijuana.
(countable, botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season
(uncountable, obsolete) Grass; herbage.
Synonyms
• (marijuana): grass, weed
Hyponyms
• See also seasoning
Anagrams
• Behr, Hebr., breh, hreb
Source: Wiktionary
Herb, n. Etym: [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.]
1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year.
2. Grass; herbage. And flocks Grazing the tender herb. Milton. Herb bennet. (Bot.) See Bennet.
– Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb (Actæa spicata), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc.
– Herb Gerard (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. Dr. Prior.
– Herb grace, or Herb of grace. (Bot.) See Rue.
– Herb Margaret (Bot.), the daisy. See Marguerite.
– Herb Paris (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium (Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed poisonous.
– Herb Robert (Bot.), a species of Geranium (G. Robertianum.)
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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