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.
HYPOGEAL
Etymology
Adjective
hypogeal (comparative more hypogeal, superlative most hypogeal)
Existing or growing underground
(botany, of a cotyledon) Remaining under the surface of the ground after being germinated
Synonyms
• hypogean, hypogeous
Coordinate terms
• epigeal
Source: Wiktionary
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SCHNORR
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
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