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.
ILLNESS
illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
(noun) impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
illness (countable and uncountable, plural illnesses)
(countable) An instance of a disease or poor health.
(uncountable) A state of bad health or disease.
Synonyms
• (instance): sickness
• (state): sickness
• See also disease
Source: Wiktionary
Ill"ness, n. Etym: [From Ill.]
1. The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness. [Obs.] "The illness of the weather." Locke.
2. Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness.
3. Wrong moral conduct; wickedness. Shak.
Syn.
– Malady; disease; indisposition; ailment.
– Illness, Sickness. Within the present century, there has been a tendency in England to use illness in the sense of a continuous disease, disorder of health, or sickness, and to confine sickness more especially to a sense of nausea, or "sickness of the stomach."
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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