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.
LETHAL
deadly, lethal
(adjective) of an instrument of certain death; “deadly poisons”; “lethal weapon”; “a lethal injection”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
lethal (comparative more lethal, superlative most lethal)
Deadly; mortal; fatal.
Noun
lethal (plural lethals)
Any weapon that causes death.
Antonym: non-lethal
(genetics) An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of “lauric acid ethereal salt”, so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.
Noun
lethal (uncountable)
(chemistry) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
Source: Wiktionary
Leth"al, n. Etym: [Lauric + ether + alcohol.] (Chem.)
Definition: One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.
Le"thal, a. Etym: [L. lethalis, letalis, fr. lethum, letum, death: cf. F. léthal.]
Definition: Deadly; mortal; fatal. "The lethal blow." W. Richardson.
– Le"thal*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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