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.
HETEROGRAFT
heterograft, xenograft
(noun) tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
heterograft (plural heterografts)
A tissue graft taken from a species different from that of the recipient.
Verb
heterograft (third-person singular simple present heterografts, present participle heterografting, simple past and past participle heterografted)
To perform a tissue graft using tissue taken from a species different from that of the recipient.
Synonyms
• xenograft
Source: Wiktionary
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