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.
HYDRANTH
Etymology
Noun
hydranth (plural hydranths)
(zoology) An individual polyp of a hydroid colony
Source: Wiktionary
Hy"dranth, n. Etym: [Hydra + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony. Also applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. See Illust. of Hydroidea.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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