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.
HYPERNYM
hypernym, superordinate, superordinate word
(noun) a word that is more generic than a given word
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hypernym (plural hypernyms)
(semantics) A superordinate word or phrase; a term whose referents form a set which includes as a subset the referents of a subordinate term.
Synonyms: blanket term, genus, superordinate, hyperonym, superset, umbrella term
Antonyms: hyponym, species, subordinate
Hypernym: word
Source: Wiktionary
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