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.
JIVE
swing, swing music, jive
(noun) a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
jive
(verb) dance to jive music; dance the jive
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
jive (third-person singular simple present jives, present participle jiving, simple past and past participle jived)
(transitive, intransitive, US, colloquial) To deceive; to be deceptive.
(intransitive, colloquial) To dance.
Noun
jive (plural jives)
A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.
Swing, a style of jazz music.
A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.
(US, colloquial) Nonsense; transparently deceptive talk.
(US, colloquial, often pejorative) African-American Vernacular English.
Etymology 2
Verb
jive (third-person singular simple present jives, present participle jiving, simple past and past participle jived)
(US) Alternative spelling of jibe
Usage notes
• "Jive" and "jibe" have been used interchangeably in the US to indicate the concept "to agree or accord." While one recent dictionary accepts this usage of "jive," most sources consider it to be in error.
• See also "jive turkey" for a related expression.
Source: Wiktionary
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